Mask: "Skull"
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; CARVED WITH MOVABLE MOUTH; SKULL MASK PAINTED WHITE WITH BLACK & GOLD IN EYE SOCKETS & RED LINESSEPARATING TEETH; SEPARATE LOWER JAW IS ATTACHED BY MEANS OF CLOTH & NAILS WHICH ALOW MOBILITY. EYEHOLES CUT INTO EYE SOCKETS; HOLE FOR EACH NOSTRIL; 2 HOLES AT EITHER SIDEFOR FASTENING; VARIOUS PIECES OF COTTON STRING TIED IN BACK FOR FASTENING TO WEARER'S HEAD. "SKULL...WORN DURING HOLY WEEK TO SYMBOLIZE EVIL." (375 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBITCATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: E421125-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17 cm