Mask: "Tigre"
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 FROM SINGLE PIECE WITH INSERTION OF 4 ANIMAL TEETH IN MOUTH. JAGUAR HEAD PAINTED YELLOW WITH BLACK LINES & SPOTS PAINTED ALL OVER HEAD. NOSE, MOUTH & TONGUE ARE BLACK; TEETH ARE NATURAL WHITE. MOUTH OPEN FOR SEEING. 2 HOLES DRILLED BETWEEN EYES FOR SEEING. ONE HOLE ON EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING. "'TIGRE'...WORN IN A 'JAGUARHUNT DANCE' PERFORMED AT CARNIVAL TIME...THE DEATH OF THE TIGRE IS ENACTED AT THE END OF THE PERFORMANCE TO THE UPROARIOUS REJOICING OF THE OTHER DANCERS & SPECTATORS." (330 PESOS) (RENWICK EXHIBIT CATALOGUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Huazolotitlan, Oaxaca, 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: E421143-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 35 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 30 cm