Devil's Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Mar 1998
label: Collection Date
content: September 14, 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: ACCORDING TO DONOR, WILLIAM STURTEVANT, "610. MASK OF CARDBOARD, PLASTER (SPANISH YESO), FOUR PHILLIPS LIGHT BULBS (BASES REMOVED, PAINTED INSIDE), BITS OF MIRROR AND TIN CANS, MANY BRIGHT COLORED OIL PAINTS; HEIGHT 25", DEPTH 17". ACCORDING TO SELLER, 'CABEZA DEL DIABLO' (DEVIL'S HEAD), 'MASCARA DEL DIABLO' (DEVIL'S MASK), 'PARA DANZAS TIPICAS' (FOR FOLK DANCES) (SEE NOW PHOTOS OF SIMILAR MASKS IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, LATE 1960S OR EARLY 1970S?). SAID BY SELLER TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN LA PAZ, BUT IN THE STYLE OF OURURO. BOUGHT NEW SEPT. 14, 1966, BY WCS FROM A TEXTILE STORE RUN BY AN AYMARA WOMAN: LA FLORA, CALLE SACARNAGA, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, FOR $B200 (=U.S. $16.16)... SLIGHTLY DAMAGED IN SHIPPING FROM LIMA TO WASHINGTON, D.C., ESPECIALLY ON RIGHT SIDE: HORN SOMEWHAT CRUSHED, LARGER LIGHT BULB SOMEWHAT BROKEN, SOME PLASTER BITS BROKEN, REPAIRED BY WCS." (SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR COMPLETE QUOTE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION). OTHER DAMAGE: ONE GREEN HEAD AND TWO HORNS BROKEN OFF DURING MOVE TO MUSEUM SUPPORT CENTER IN 1996.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aymara
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416139
label: USNM Number
content: E428233-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 50.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 49.5 cm