Anthropomorphic mask

Museum number:
3-28437
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3496
Object count:
1
Description:
Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light weight wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre. On featureless face is superimposed a full relief figure of a mermaid as well as the head of a stag. Wormholes appear all over the face of the mask. height 20 cm., width 16 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Walter Seeley
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Collector:
Eleanor F. Sleight
Collection date:
1973-1978
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic, Carvings (visual works), and Masks (costume)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic mask, accession number 3-28437, described as Mask; anthropomorphic; carved of light weight wood, stained dark, rubbed with red ochre. On featureless face is superimposed a full relief figure of a mermaid as well as the head of a stag. Wormholes appear all over the face of the mask. height 20 cm., width 16 cm.

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