Dance Mask: Old Man
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: SILVER - VARIOUS PIECES SOLDERED TOGETHER. FACE OF MAN WITH LONG CURLING BEARD & EARRINGS. NO PAINT ON METAL - EARRINGS ARE IN THE SHAPE OF SQUASH, & ATTACHED BYRINGS THROUGH HOLES IN EARS. EYEHOLES BELOW EYES. HOLE AT TOP & SIDE OF BEARD FOR FASTENING. BACK OF MASK IS COVERED W/CLOTH. "ONE OF SEVERAL UNIQUE MASKS OF SILVER FROM THIS OLD MINING AREA - THOUGHT TO BE FOR A 'VIEJOS' (OLD MEN) DANCE OR RAIN PETITIONING DANCE MADE 1895-1905."REF: D. CORDRY, MEXICAN MASKS, P. 19, FIG. 21E.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: La Parrota, 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: E419927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26 cm