Mask: "Huehueton"
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; CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE: MAN'S FACE WITH LONG POINTED NOSE. FACE PAINTED WHITE WITH BLACK BEARD MUSTACHE. LINES ON FACE, CIRCLE AT EACH CHEEK, TIP OF NOSE, NOSTRILS & MOUTH ARE ALL RED. EYES & BROWS ARE GOLD WITH BLACK OUTLINING. EYEHOLES JUST ABOVE PAINTED EYES; MOUTH & NOSTRILS ARE CUT THROUGH. ONE HOLE AT TOP & ONE ATEITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "'HEUHUETON', WORN IN DANCES PERFORMED ON THE FEAST DAY OF ST. FRANCIS. THE 'HUEHUETON'IS A SATIRICAL CHARACTER WHO ACCOMPANIES OTHER DANCERS INCLUDING THE 'NEGRITOS,' 'QUETZALINES' & 'PALO VOLADORES'." (330 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cuetzalan, Puebla, 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: E421155-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm