Mask: "Crocodile" Dance
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; CARVED SINGLE PIECE. MAN'S FACE WITH BEARD & 2ND FACE ON FOREHEAD, ALSO CAIMAN HEAD COMING OUT OF CHIN. MAIN FACE IS GREEN, EYEBROWS, EYES, MUSTACHE, BEARD & NOSTILS ARE BLACK; CAIMAN HEAD IS YELLOW WITH RED MOUTH,WHITE TEETH, BLACK EYES & LASHES. EYEHOLES ABOVE PAINTED EYES. HOLE AT TOP & EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "MASK USED IN CROCODILE DANCE. ONE OF THE MASKS OF AQUATIC CREATURES THAT SERVE AS FERTILITY SYMBOLS IN DANCES PERFORMED TO INSURE A PLENTIFUL RAINY SEASON." (220 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBITION CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ahuehuepan, 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: E421099-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22.75 cm