Mask: "Devil"
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 DEVIL HEAD PAINTEDRED WITH BLACK LINE MARKINGS ALL OVER THE FACE. THE INSIDES OF EARS & MOUTH ARE A DARK GREYISH-PURPLE. MUSTACHE & BROWS & LASHES ARE BLACK. TEETH WHITE, TONGUE IS PINK. EYEHOLES ARE CUT THROUGH AT PAINTED EYES. 2 HOLESAT EITHER SIDE & ONE AT TOP FOR FASTENING; HEMP CORD ATTACHED THROUGH HOLES & TIED IN BACK. "'DEVIL'...WORN IN DANCES PERFORMED AT CARNIVAL TIME & DURING OTHER LOCAL FESTIVITIES." (125 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Huazolotitlan, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexican
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: E421144-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm