Mask, Devil Dance, (Naga Kanya)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Jason Schoonover
label: Donor Name
content: Jason Schoonover
notes: label: Notes
content: DEVIL DANCE MASK - NAGA KANYA, "THE COBRA MAIDEN". CARVED WOODEN FACE, NOSE, AND EARS PAINTED LIGHT PINK SHADE. A DESIGN OF CROSS-HATCHED RED LINES ON YELLOW BACKGROUND AROUND EARS. BROWN EYEBALLS, CLOSED MOUTH, RED LIPS. OPENINGS UNDER EYES FOR THE WEARER TO SEE OUT. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, "SHE JOINS IN A KOLAM RITUAL BECAUSE SHE LOVES MANKIND AND HAVING HEARD SONGS AN DMUSIC, JOINS IN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364316
label: USNM Number
content: E424099-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask