Dance Mask: Caiman
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1950's
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD, CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE W/POCHOTE POINTS OVER MOST OF MAN'S FACE & FOREHEAD. FACE IS GREEN, THE POINTS ARE PAINTED RED. CHEEKS ARE A LIGHTER GREEN. MOUTH, NOSTRILS & OUTLINES OF EYES ARE RED. EYES WHITE W/YELLOW & BLACK CENTERS. LARGE BEAK-LIKE NOSE HAS AN EXTRAPOINT ON THE BRIDGE. EYEHOLES JUST ABOVE PAINTED EYES. POCHOTE POINTS ON EITHER HOLE AT TOP CENTER AND ONE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING "MASK W/ POCHOTE POINTS DANZA DEL CAIMAN." (MRS. C - NOTCHED NOSE IS PRE-CONQUEST SYMBOLOF XOLOTL; SAME GENERAL TYPE OF MASK HAS BEEN FOUND IN NAHUA SPEAKING VILLAGES IN VERACRUZ.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cuajitlotla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419896-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm