Mask: "Cow"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
label: Collection Date
content: Ca. 1982
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Mexico
notes: label: Notes
content: PAPIER-MACHE HEAD OF A COW WITH TEETH MADE OF THORNS INSERTED IN MOUTH. ENTIRE HEAD IS PAINTED IN BLACK & WHITE STRIPES. INSIDE OF EYES ARE BLACK, INSIDE OF MOUTHIS RED, TEETH ARE BROWN - THE NATURAL COLOR OF THE THORN. EYE HOLES CUT IN CENTER OF EYES, ONE HOLE AT TOP FOR HANGING ON WALL, BUT NO METHOD OF FASTENING VISIBLE. "COW ...WORN BY CORA INDIANS IN DANCES PERFORMED DURING HOLY WEEK SYMBOLIZE EVIL & TREASON. MASKS & COSTUMES BURNT IN BONFIRE AT END OF DANCE ON EASTER SUNDAY." (200 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mesa Del Nayar, Nayarit, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cora (Náayari)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421136-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18.5 cm