Dance Mask: Caiman
date: label: Collection Date
content: Early 1950's
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: WOOD - VARIOUS PIECES. CAIMAN W/CENTER PORTION OPEN FOR WEARING AROUND WAIST. BLOND HAIRED MAN CARVED ATFRONT & BLACK HAIRED MAN AT REAR. CAIMAN IS PAINTED BLUE TO GREEN W/GOLD HALF-CIRCLES TO INDICATE SKIN. HIS MOUTH & 4 LEGS ARE MOVEABLE. HIS EYES ARE COPPER COLOR W/BLACK & YELLOW. MOUTH IS RED W/WHITE TEETH. TONGUE IS RED & HAS A SILVER FISH IN MOUTH WHICH HANGS OUT EITHER SIDE OF MOUTH. THERE ARE ALSO FISHES & CAIMANS PAINTED ON THE SIDES & HEAD OF THE CAIMAN. THE BLOND HEAD HAS LIGHT PINKSKIN W/ROSY CHEEKS & BLUE EYES - THE BLACK HAIRED HEAD HAS BROWN EYES. THE BACK OF THE ANIMAL HAS POINTS WHICH ARE PAINTED GOLD - ALSO GOLD FINS? "LARGE ALLIGATOR FOR FISH DANCE CARVED BY SAME ARTIST AS SMALL ONE." (MRS. C. SAYS FROM BALSAS RIVER AREA).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Totozintla, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419969-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 168 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 27.3 cm