Mask: "Little Old Woman"
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: WOOD & STRAW, CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE WITH 3 TINY WOODEN PEGS FOR TEETH. OLD WOMAN'S FACE IS LACQUERED A PINK COLOR WITH RED AT TIP OF NOSE, CHIN & CHEEKS. EYES & BROWS ARE BLUE; AREA AROUND EYES IS WHITE & RED. MOUTH RED, TEETH ARE NATURAL WOOD COLOR; HAIR IS STRAW TIED TO MASK IN 3 PLACES. EYEHOLES ABOVE EYES; MOUTH OPEN. NO HOLES FOR FASTENING. "'VIEJITA' ('LITTLE OLD WOMAN')... WORN IN HUMEROUS DANCES IN WHICH EXPERT DANCERS, WEARING MASKS OF ELDERLY PERSONS, EXECUTE COMPLICATED STEPS, WHILEIMITATING MOVEMENTS & POSTURES OF AGED PERSONS." (125 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Uruapan, Michoacan, 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: E421134-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11 cm