Dance Mask: Caiman
date: label: Collection Date
content: Early 1950's
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD, W/ADDITION OF POCHOTE POINTS & CAIMAN HIDE GLUED ON AROUND BEARD. MAN'S FACE W/LONG ELEPHANT TRUNK- LIKE NOSE & POINTS FROM POCHOTE TREE GLUED ON ALL OVER HAIR, BROWS & BEARD. FACE IS RED - HAIR & BROW & BEARD ARE BLACK. POINTS ARE RED AT BOTTOM BLACK IN MIDDLE & WHITE AT TIP. EYES WHITE W/BLACK CENTERS, OUTLINED IN BLACK. EYEHOLES JUST ABOVE EYES. 2 HOLES AT TOP CENTER &ONE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "CAIMAN DANCE" (MRS. C: "HAS POCHOTE TREE SPINES ON BROW & BEARD AREAS - HAS LARGE XOLOTL NOSE; NOT USED FOR SOME 20 YEARS.") REF: D. CORDRY, MEXICAN MASKS, P. 200, FIG. 247 A.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: El Mirador, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419911-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm