Dance Mask: Mask/Noisemaker
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 - TOTEM POLE TYPE MASK - WITH DIFFERENT FACES ON EITHER SIDE. ONE SIDE DEPICTS 2 HUMAN FACES, 1 DEVIL-ANIMAL & AN OWL. THE OTHER SIDE SHOWS 2 HUMAN FACES & A CAIMAN HEAD. THE BASE OF THE TOTEM POLE HAS THREE GOAT-TYPE FEET. THE SIDES OF THE MASKS ARE NOTCHED SO CAN BE USED AS A RASP-NOISEMAKER. EACH MASK IS SEPARATED BY A BASE - FIRST BASE LEVEL IS GREEN, 2ND LIGHTBLUE, 3RD LIGHTER GREEN. ANIMAL DEVIL ON THIRD LEVEL HAS GOAT HORNS. THE OWN IS CARVED VERY NATURALISTICALLY. "COMPOSITE MASK FOR OWL DANCE - UNIQUE NOISE-MAKER MASK WORN BRIEFLY THEN SET DOWN IN CENTER OF CIRCLE OF DANCERS." EYE HOLES IN 2 LOWER MASKS IN FRONT & IN LOWER MASK AT REAR. REF: D. CORDRY, MEXICAN MASKS, P. 42, FIG. 50B.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tlalcoapa, 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: E419958-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 133 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 40.6 cm