Mask: "Crocodile"
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 CROCODILE; 2 CARVED PIECES, HEAD & TAIL ATTACHED BY 2 BARREL STAVES NAILED AT EITHER END. MAIN BODY OF CROCODILE IS PAINTED BLUE-GREEN TOP PART OF ANIMAL'S BACK IS CARVED WITH POINTS THIS AREA IS BLACK WITH GOLD LINES. MOUTH, TONGUE & NOSTRILS ARE PINK; TEETH WHITE. EYES WHITE WITH BLACK CIRCLES AT CENTER. THIS IS WORN AROUND THE WAIST OF THE DANCER. "ONE OF THE MASKS OF AQUATIC CREATURES THAT SERVE AS FERTILITY SYMBOLSIN DANCES PERFORMED TO INSURE A PLENTIFUL RAINY SEASON." (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ahuehuepan, Guerrero, 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: E421096-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 25 cm