Mask, "Imaginary Beast"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Dec 1983
label: Collection Date
content: 1972 to 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Robert Kaupp
label: Collector
content: Kathleen K. Kaupp
label: Donor Name
content: Kathleen K. Kaupp
notes: label: Notes
content: MASK MADE FOR EASTER CEREMONIES; WORN BY A JUDAS FIGURE. EACH MASK MADE BY INDIVIDUAL BOY OR MAN WHO WEARS IT. SHAPE FORMED IN PAPIER MACHE' OVER A CLAY MOLD, COVERED WITH CLOTH, THEN FIBER FROM INSIDE ORGAN CACTUS PUT ON FACE OF MASK TO SIMULATE HAIR. REAL HORNS INSERTED IN HEAD--HAVE NOW COME LOOSE. HORNS WRAPPED WITH STRIPS OF PAPER AND PAINTED BLUE. MOUTH AND TONGUE MADE OF PAPIER MACHE' PAINTED PURPLE. USUALLY MASK WOULD BE THROWN IN RIVER AT END OF CEREMONY. FIBER COVERING FACE IN VERY BRITTLE CONDITION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jesus Maria, Nayarit, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cora (Náayari)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361596
label: USNM Number
content: E423241-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 20 cm