Mask: "Hermit"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
label: Collection Date
content: Ca. 1982
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Mexico
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD MASK CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE WITH ADDITION OF HORSE HAIR IN VARIOUS COLORS & PLASTIC TEETH. FACE PAINTD A BRIGHT ORANGY-PINK; EYES HAVE GREY BACKGROUND WITH WHITE & BLACK CENTERS; ALSO BLACK DOTS TO INDICATE LASHES; BROWS ARE BLACK; 2 RED CIRCLES AT CHEEKS, SILVER PAINT AROUND MOUTH. MOUTH IS OPEN; EYEHOLES ABOVE EYEBROWS; ANIMAL HAIR IS GLUED ON AROUND EDGE OF MASK; 2 HOLES ON EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. HEMP CORD & WIRE IN BACK. "'HERMIT'...WORN IN PASTORAL DANCES PERFORMED DURINGTHE CHRISTMAS SEASON. THE CHARACTER OF THE 'HERMIT' IS TRADITIONAL TO THESE DANCES." (625 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBITCATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ocumicho, Michoacan, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm