Mask: "Animal"
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 ANIMAL HEAD WITH HORNS; ENTIRE HEAD IS PAINTED BLACK & RED STRIPES; EYEHOLES CUT IN CENTER OF PAINTED CIRCLE EYES; MOUTH IS CUT THROUGH. NO HOLES FOR FASTENING. "ANIMAL...WORN BY THE CORA INDIANS IN DANCES PERFORMED DURING HOLY WEEK TO SYMBOLIZE EVIL & TREASON. THE MASKS & COSTUMES ARE BURNT IN A LARGE BONFIRE AT THE END OF THE 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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421137-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm