Dance Mask: Moro Chino
date: 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 MASK 1 PIECE W/HORNS AT HEAD & HORN AT CHIN.MAN'S FACE W/2 HORNS, CURLED MUSTACHE & BEARD. FACE IS DARK BROWN W/RED AT CHEEKS & NOSE & MOUTH. EYES BLUE. BROWS, LASHES & DETAILS AROUND EYES, MUSTACHE & BEARD ARE ALL BLACK. HORNS ARE SEGMENTED & PAINTED BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, RED, & YELLOW. RIBBONS HANG FROM THE 3 HORNS. EYEHOLES ABOVE PAINTED EYES. 2 HOLES AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. NOSTRILS ARE OPEN. "VERY FINE OLD 'MORO CHINO' MASK (HAVING CLOTH BENEATH PAINT). MORO CHINO A CHARACTER IN THE MOORS & CHRISTIAN DANCES - CHINO REFERRING TO CURLYBEARD - MEANING OF THE SEGMENTED HORNS NO LONGER KNOWN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ostotipac, 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: E419931-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask