Mask, anthropomorphic; male. Black base paint on wood. Cigarette in mouth and vertical crack under right eye. Line around tip of nose. Small holes on right cheek and right side of jaw. Much paint worn off. height 18.6 cm., width 13.5 cm.
Donor:
Dorothy Mann Cordry
Collection place:
Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Nahua
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 1980
Context of use:
Used in a dance called Mulas, Machos or Costeños.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1981-1982 #5: Department of Art, San Diego State University (August 7, 1981–January 15, 1982)