Dance Mask: Dwarf
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
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 MAN'S HEAD W/LONG BEARD & MUSTACHE & 2 SNAKES CURLING OUT OF EITHER SIDE OF MOUTH CORNERS & WHOSEHEADS SIT ATOP THE MAN'S HEAD. FACE IS A DARK BROWN - EYES BLUE & DEPICTED IN SAME FASHION AS 419925 - SNAKES ARE GREEN & BLACK W/RED MOUTHS & WHITE TEETH. EYEHOLES ARE BELOW PAINTED EYES. HOLE AT TOP AND ONE AT EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "MASK MADE BY PEDRO BALLENA ABOUT 1915 FOR RAIN PETITIONING DANCE. MASKS WORN BY SMALL BOYS ACTING AS DWARVES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: La Parrota, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355867
label: USNM Number
content: E419926-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 91.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34.3 cm