Mask: "Little Old Woman"
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 WITH STRAW TIED THROUGH HOLES IN TOP & SIDES. FACE OF OLD WOMAN (VIEJITA) FACE PAINTED WITH A POLISHED PINK LACQUER; EYEBROWS & EYES ARE BLACK; LINES DONE IN BLACK ON FOREHEAD & NOSE TO INDICATE WRINKLES; NOSTRILS & MOUTH ARE RED, TEETH WHITE, ALSO OUTSIDE OF EYES ARE WHITE; HAIR IS A LIGHT YELLOW STRAW TIED INTO HEAD ON SIDES & TOP; EYEHOLES ARE ABOVE PAINTED EYES; NO HOLES FOR FASTENING. "'VIEJITA'-('LITTLE OLD WOMAN') WORN IN HUMEROUS DANCES IN WHICH EXPERT DANCERS, WEARING MASKS OF ELDERLY PERSONS EXECUTE COMPLICATED STEPS WHITE IMITATING MOVEMENTS & POSTURE OF AGED PEOPLE." (160 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Patzcuaro, Michoacan, 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: E421126-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm