Mask: "Potz"
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: LEATHER MASK WITH RIBBONS, BEADS, BELLS & ANIMAL HAIR. A CIRCLE OF LEATHER WITH EYES & MOUTH CUT OUTNOSE IS AN EXTRA PIECE OF LEATHER SEWN ON. LIGHT GREY HORSE HAIR SEWN ONTO UPPER LIP & CHIN FOR MUSTACHE & BEARD. MASK OUTLINED IN RED & BLACK; EYEBROWS BLACK; DESIGN ON FOREHEAD IN RED OUTLINED IN BLACK; RED CIRCLES PAINTED ON CHEEKS. BEADS ARE YELLOW, GREEN & SILVER HUNG FROM FOREHEAD - RIBBONS GREEN, RED, LIGHT & DARK BLUE SEWNTO FOREHEAD - 2 BLUE TIN FOIL DIAMOND SHAPES GLUED TO CHIN. MASK IS ATTACHED BY MEANS OF 3 LEATHER THONGS - 4 BELLS ARE ALSO HUNG FROM BEADS. "WORN IN HUMOROUS DANCE, THE POTZ, WHICH IS PERFORMED ON CARNIVAL SUNDAY. THE CHARACTER REPRESENTED BY THIS MASK PRETENDS TO LASH THE SPECTATORS WITH A WHIP AT THE SAME TIME OTHER PERFORMERS RIDE HOREBACK THROUGH THE VILLAGE STREETS." (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Huistan, Chiapas, 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: E421091-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 24.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm