Carnival Mask, "Macho" (Man's Face)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Robert Kaupp
label: Collector
content: Kathleen K. Kaupp
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Robert Kaupp
notes: label: Notes
content: [Referring to E423406-0 through E423406-2:] MASKS OF MEN'S FACES MADE WITH SAME MOLD. ACCORDING TO MARION OETTINGER THESE MASKS WERE MADE BY JUAN AND MACEDONIA FRANCISCO USING A CERAMIC MOLD THAT IS VERY OLD. MACEDONIA INHERITED THE CRAFT FROM HER FATHER. (E423406-2) FACE IS PAINTED PINK WITH BLACK MUSTACHE AND CURLS. EYES ARE VIOLET. MASKS REPRESENT "MACHOS" AND ARE USED IN THE DANCE OF THE "MACHITOS" (FROM OETTINGER).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Acatlan, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Huichol (Wixárika)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359391
label: USNM Number
content: E423406-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - 3 Of 3
content: 17 cm
label: Width - 3 Of 3
content: 16 cm
label: Height - 3 Of 3
content: 10 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 3
content: 17 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 3
content: 16 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 3
content: 10 cm
label: Length - 1 Of 3
content: 17 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 3
content: 15 cm
label: Height - 1 Of 3
content: 10 cm