Mask: "Devil"
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; LACQUERED DEVIL MASK WITH 2 WOOD HORNS SET IN HOLES AT TOP OF HEAD; MASK IS RED; SNAKE WITH ONE HEAD & A SPLIT BODY FORMS THE NOSE & EYEBROWS; SNAKE IS YELLOW WITH BLACK, RED & PURPLE MARKINGS. SNAKE EYES ARE WHITE CIRCLES WITH BLACK CENTERS; MOUTH RED WITH WHITE TEETH. THE MOUTH OF THE FACE MASK IS BLACK WITH LARGE WHITE TEETHOUTLINED IN RED; EYES ARE BULGING WHITE CIRCLES WITH BLACKCENTERS OUTLINED IN GREEN & RED. HORNS ARE BLACK & TIED BYSTRING AROUND BACK OF MASK. EYEHOLES JUST ABOVE PAINTED EYES. MOUTH IS OPEN. "'DEVIL'...WORN IN 'THE DANCE OF THE 7 VICES' PERFORMED DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN THE SUBURBS OF URUAPAN." (300 PESOS) NO HOLES FOR FASTENING; ALSO HORNS APPEAR TO HAVE BEESWAX AROUND BOTTOMS AS THEY ARE INSERTED INTO HOLES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mexican
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353025
label: USNM Number
content: E421130-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19 cm