Mask: "Crocodile" Dance
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 COMPOSITE MASK; MAN'S FACE IN CENTER,WHITE ANIMAL HEAD AT FOREHEAD & CROCODILE HEAD AT CHIN. MAN'S FACE PAINTED PINK, EYES ARE WHITE WITH BLACK CENTERS& LINES FOR LASHES; MOUTH & TONGUE RED WITH WHITE TEETH; LONG BLACK HAIR & LONG BLACK BEARD; ANIMAL HEAD IS WHITE, EYES BLACK, MOUTH RED; CROCODILE HEAD IS GRAY, EYES WHITE WITH BLACK CENTERS. MOUTH IS OCHRE COLOR. EYE HOLES ABOVE PAINTED EYES; WOOD MASK HAS GESSO UNDERNEATH PAINT; ONE HOLE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "ONE OF THE MASKS OF AQUATIC CREATURES THAT SERVE AS FERTILITY SYMBOLS IN DANCES PERFORMED TO INSURE A PLENTIFUL RAINY SEASON." (220 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE) PAINT PEELING OFF IN SPOTS, ESPECIALLY NOSE & CHEEKS.
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: E421102-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 52 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm