Mask: "Umbrella Dancer"
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 PLASTER, GLASS EYES & SYNTHETIC EYELASHES. FACE IS PAINTED A LIGHT PINK WITH DEEPER PINK AT CHEEKS. BEARD, MUSTACHE & BROWS ARE DARK BROWN, LIPS ARE PINK WITH WHITE & ONE GOLD TOOTH.EYES ARE BLUE GLASS SET INTO MASK WITH SYNTHETIC LASHES GLUED AROUND EDGE. EYE HOLES JUST ABOVE EYES. NOSTRILS & MOUTH ARE ALSO OPEN. 2 HOLES AT EITHER SIDE OF MASK & ONE AT TOP FOR FASTENING. "'HUEHUE' OR 'PARAGUERO' ('UMBRELLA DANCER')...WORN IN SATIRICAL CARNIVAL DANCES THAT RIDICULETHE DANCES, MANNERISMS & DRESS OF EUROPEANS." (1350 PESOS)(RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tlaxcala, 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: E421159-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm