Dance Mask: Mermaid
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: 2 PIECE MASK SET: FACE MASK (A) & FISH TAIL (B). A. FACE: FACE IS WOOD PAINTED PINK W/DEEPER PINK AT CHEEKS. HAIR, BROWS & LASHES ARE BLACK. EYES BLUE W/BLACK CENTERS AND OUTLINES. LIPS ARE RED. TEETH WHITE W/3 GOLD. INDENTATION FOR DIMPLE AT CHIN. EYEHOLES BELOW PAINTED EYES. MOUTH & NOSTRILS OPEN. HOLES IN EARS FOR RINGS. 2 HOLES AT TOP & 2 AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "MERMAID MASK - NEEDS LONG IXTLE HAIR." SIZE: L. 30.5CM; W. 26.7CM. B. TAIL: WOOD IN VARIOUS SECTIONS W/LEATHER FIN. MAIN WOODTAIL IS PAINTED LIGHT BLUE W/INCISED SCALE MARKINGS. TAIL HAS TOOLED LEATHER ATTACHED, PAINTED YELLOW. 2 METAL LOOPSAT BOTTOMPRESUMABLY FOR TYING ONTO HEAD. "MERMAID TAIL USED W/MASK IN DANCE OF PESCADOS." (CORDRY 71)SIZE: L. W/LEATHER FIN: 76.2CM; L. OF WOOD: 50.8CM. COSTUME THAT GOES WITH THIS IS SHORTS, STOCKINGS & SATIN SHIRT. (MRS. C: DANCE OF FISH, MAY 19)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Pachivia, 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: E419935-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26.7 cm