Dance Mask: Tigre
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 - SINGLE PIECE, LEATHER PIECES FOR EARS & A LEATHER PIECE FOR TONGUE. EYES HAVE GLASS COVERING THEM. MOUTH HAS 4 ANIMAL TEETH . ALSO QUILLS ARE INSERTED INTO MASK AROUND MOUTH, CHIN & EYEBROWS. TIGER HEAD PAINTED YELLOW W/BLACK LINES AROUND MOUTH & EYES & DOWN CENTER OF FACE - NOSE PAINTED BLACK W/NOSTRILS RED - MOUTH, TONGUE & EARS ALSO RED - CENTERS OF EYES BLACK SURROUNDED BY WHITE OUTLINED IN RED. EYEHOLES ABOVE GLASS-COVERED EYES - HOLE AT MOUTH. ONE HOLE AT TOP & 2 AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "TIGRE" (MRS. C: 'DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL JAGUAR USED IN TECUANI DANCE.') REF: D.CORDRY, MEXICAN MASKS, P. 61, FIG. 79.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Olinala, 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: E419930-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.2 cm