Mask: "Skull"
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: CARVED WOOD FROM SINGLE PIECE & THEN SEPARATED TOFORM SKULL HEAD WITH MOVABLE JAW. JAW HAS 2 LEATHER HINGES. NAILED ONTO INSIDE OF MASK. SKULL PAINTED WHITE WITH HIGH RIDGE CARVED AROUND CHEEKS & FOREHEAD; BLACK, RED & BLUE LINES GO AROUND CONTOURS OF CHEEKS & FOREHEAD; EYEHOLES ALSO OUTLINED IN BLUE & BLACK. TEETH & NOSTRILS OUTLINED IN RED & BLUE. EYEHOLES AT EYE SOCKETS. ONE HOLE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "SKULL...WORN AT CARNIVAL TIME & ON THE DAY OF THE DEAD." (500 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pinotepa De Don Luis, Oaxaca, 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: E421145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm