Mask: "Gardener"
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: CLOTH MASK COVERED WITH WAX; WOMAN'S FACE WITH BLACK HAIR WITH A SMALL CURL AT EACH CHEEK. HER SKIN IS LIGHT PINKISH-BEIGE WITH 2 DARK PINK CIRCLES AT CHEEKS; EYES WHITE WITH BLACK CENTERS OUTLINED IN BLACK; BROWS BLACK & BEAUTY SPOT AT CHIN IS BLACK; NOSTRILS & LIPS PAINTED RED. EYEHOLES CUT THROUGH JUST ABOVE PAINTED EYES,NOSTRILS & MOUTH ALSO CUT THROUGH FABRIC. HOLE AT TOP & ONE EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. INSIDE OF MASK IS COVERED WITH BROWN PAPER WITH WAX COATING. "'GARDENER'...WORN DURING LOCAL FESTIVITIES IN THIS AREA IN WHICH CHILDREN, DRESSED IN 18TH CENTURY COSTUMES, DANCE TO INSURE A GOOD HARVEST." (120 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oaxaca Valley, 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: E421152-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19 cm