Mask: "Negrito"
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 FROM SINGLE PIECE; "NEGRITO" HEAD PAINTED WITH BLACK LACQUER, EYEBROWS & MOUTH RED; TEETH WHITE, EYEHOLES & MOUTH RED; TEETH WHITE, EYEHOLE CUT THROUGH WHERE EYES SHOULD BE; NOSTRILS & MOUTH DRILLED THROUGH. 5 COTTON TASSELS (RED) ARE TIED THROUGH 2 HOLES IN EACH SIDE & ONE AT TOP (THESE HOLES ARE ALSO FOR FASTENING TO HEAD OF WEARER. "'NEGRITO'...WORN BY INDIANS IN THE COSTA CHICA REGION IN SATIRICAL CARNIVAL DANCES THAT RIDICULE THE RESIDENTS OF NEABY VILLAGES, WHO ARE WHO ARE REGARDED AS ANCIENT ENEMIES." (550 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, 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: E421149-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm