Mask: "Goat"
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: HELMET MASK MADE FROM GOAT SKIN WITH WOOD & PAINT. MADE FROM GOAT HIDE WITH WHITE HAIR AROUND FACE & BLACK & DARK BROWN AT TOP. MASK TIED TOGETHER WITH LEATHERTHONGS AT TOP & BACK; AREA AROUND FACE HAS HAIR SHAVED OFF& PAINTED WHITE OUTLINED IN RED; EYES BLACK & RED. A NUMBER OF SMALL HOLES PUNCHED IN CHEEKS PROBABLY FOR SEEING THROUGH. NOSE & MOUTH PIECES OF WOOD NAILED ONTO HIDE & PAINTED WHITE WITH PINK LIPS & A RED TIP ON NOSE. EARS AGAIN ARE PIECES OF HIDE TIED BY THONGS ONTO SIDES OFMASK. "'PHARISEE,' AREA UNKNOWN, WOOD + PAPIER-MACHE, DECORATED WITH PAINT, GOAT LEATHER & ANIMAL FUR WORN BY MAYO INDIANS IN DANCES PERFORMED DURING HOLY WEEK. TO PARTICIPATE DANCER MUST TAKE VOW & FAST SEVERAL DAYS. MASK & COSTUMES ARE BURNED ON EASTER SUNDAY TO DISPENSE WITH EVIL UNTIL FOLLOWING HOLY WEEK." (1,760 PESOS).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mayo (Yoreme)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421158-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 37 cm