Mask: "Aztec"
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 WITH ANIMAL HAIR; FACE WITH ENORMOUS NOSE THAT IS IN THE FORM OF AN INDIAN HEAD WITH HEADDRESS WITH LONG RED TONGUE REACHING OUT OF MOUTH UNDER NOSE. FACE OF MASK IS PAINTED WHITE; EYES GREEN, OUTLINED IN BLACK; BROWS & MUSTACHE ARE BLACK; CIRCLES AT CHEEKS RED; HAIR GLUED TO TOP & SIDES IS BROWN TO BLOND HORSE HAIR; NOSE ISFORM OF INDIAN HEAD; FACE IS PINK WITH BLACK EYES & BROWS & RED MOUTH; HEADDRESS IS GREEN, BLACK, RED & WHITE FEATHERS CARVED IN WOOD. EYE HOLES CUT THROUGH MASK JUST BELOW PAINTED EYES; 2 HOLES AT EITHER SIDE & A METAL RING FASTENING CORD TIED TO BACK OF MASK. "'AZTEC'...WORN IN A CONQUEST DANCE PERFORMED DURING HOLY WEEK." (1050 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hidalgo / Veracruz (Zone Between), 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: E421164-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm