Mask: "Death"
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: WOOD CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECES; DEATH FACE WITH HIGH RIDGE AROUND CHEEK BONES, NOSE & FOREHEAD. FACE PAINTED PINK; 2 BLACK LINES FOLLOWING CONTOURS OF CHEEKS, BROW & NOSE & 2 LINES AROUND EITHER SIDE OF CHIN. EYES OUTLINED IN RED WITH RED LASHES, MOUTH ALSO RED; EYEHOLES IN CENTER OF EYES. ONE HOLE ON EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "DEATH...TYPICAL OF THE GROTESQUE & FANTASTIC MASKS WORN IN LOCAL CARNIVAL DANCES." (150 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ejido Lopez Mateos, Hidalgo, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421115-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm