Mask: "Devil"
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: LARGE WOOD DEVIL MASK WITH COW, SHEEP & GOAT HORNS & SHEEP'S WOOL: FACE HAS 2 FACES COMING OUT OF CHEEKS & ONE FROM CHIN. EACH IS RED AT NECK, YELLOW AT CHIN, RED MOUTH, YELLOW FOREHEAD & BLUE & SILVER EYES. THE NOSE OF MASK IS ALSO IN THE FORM OF A MONSTER, BLACK WITH RED MOUTH & NOSTRILS; EYES SILVER & BLACK; MAIN FACE OF MASK IS RED WITH GREEN CHIN; EYES CUT THRU FOR SEEING &OUTLINED IN BLUE WITH SILVER; ALSO YELLOW OUTLINING THE BLUE; MOUTH RED WITH SILVER PAINTED TEETH & HORNS NAILED IN PLACE. THE VARIOUS HORNS COMING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE HEAD ARE PAINTED SILVER, RED & GREEN. BROWN SHEEP'S WOOL GLUED AT TOP OF HEAD & AROUND CHIN. 2 HOLES IN EITHER SIDEFOR FASTENING. "DEVIL...WORN DURING HOLY WEEK TO SYMBOLIZEEVIL & TREASON." (3,125 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Teloloapan, Guerrero, 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: E421109-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 52 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 60 cm