Mask: "Negrito"
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: HELMET TYPE MASK MADE WITH PAPIER MACHE COVERED WITH CLOTH & PAINTED. THE ENTIRE HEAD IS PAINTED BLACK; HOLES WERE CUT FOR EYES & MOUTH. EARS, EYEBROWS & MUSTACHEPAINTED YELLOW; NOSTRILS & OUTLINE OF MOUTH ARE RED; A REDCIRCLE IS PAINTED ON EACH CHEEK. THERE ARE 5 RIBBONS SEWN AT TOP OF HEAD, THEY ARE WHITE, PINK, PURPLE, GREEN & ORANGE. "'NEGRITO' WORN IN A DANCE PERFORMED TO INSURE GOOD HARVEST. MORE THAN 200 DANCERS PARTICIPATE IN DANCE WHICH IS HELD IN VILLAGE CHURCHYARD NEXT TO CEMETARY." (198 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Calpulhuac, 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: E421119-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm