Dance Mask: Devil
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1950's
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD, 1 PIECE? DEVIL FACE W/TWO WINGED SERPENTS ALONG EITHER SIDE OF FACE. FACE IS PAINTED RED W/BLACK LINES DENOTING BROWS & WRINKLES. MUSTACHE IS YELLOW W/ BLACK LINES - EYES ARE GREEN. TEETH YELLOW (W/AGE) SERPENTS RED, YELLOW, GOLD, & BLACK & SOMEWHAT SEGMENTED - TEETH OF SERPENT WHITE/YELLOW. EYEHOLES JUST ABOVE PAINTED EYES. 2 HOLES ON EITHER SIDE & ONE AT BOTTOM FOR FASTENING. "FINE RARE MASK OF HARD WOOD COVERED W/ CLOTH IN COLONIAL MANNER. PROB. MADE 1850 OR WELL BEFORE.MAKER OR USE ABSOLUTELY UNKNOWN - POSSIBLY A DEVIL CHARACTER?"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jaliaca, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419921-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm