Mask: "Devil"
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, CATTLE HORNS, LEATHER, CLOTH & HORSEHAIR; DEVIL FACE IS PAINTED BLACK; BLACK ANIMAL FUR IS PASTED ABOVE BROWS, WHITE & RED PAINT INSIDE CUTOUT EYEHOLES; ANIMAL HAIR ATTACHED BY MEANS OF LEATHER STRIPS NAILED TO MASK AS MUSTACHE & BEARD. RED CLOTH TONGUE COMES OUT OF MOUTH. LEATHER EARS JUST BELOW HORNS. HORNS ARE WHITE WITHGREY TIPS. ONE HORN HAS ELECTRICAL TAPE AROUND BASE. HORNS ARE NAILED INTO MASK, NO HOLES FOR FASTENING. "'DEVIL'... WORN DURING HOLY WEEK FESTIVITIES TO SYMBOLIZE THE EVIL, TREASON & OTHER VICES THAT ARE TEMPORARILY FREED TO CIRCULATE AMONG MEN FROM GOOD FRIDAY UNTIL EASTER SUNDAY."(250 PESOS). (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Feb 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Xico, Veracruz, 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: E421161-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm