Collector:

Mr. Donald B. Cordry  Search this

Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry  Search this

Donor Name:

Mr. Donald B. Cordry  Search this

Length - Object:

23 cm

Width - Object:

16 cm

Culture:

Nahua  Search this

Object Type:

Mask

Place:

Amojileca, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

5 Sep 1986

Collection Date:

Early 1950's

Notes:

WOOD - CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE, CRACKED AT CHIN.COMBINATION BAT-FROG-HUMAN FACE. MAN W/BEARD, BAT COVERINGFOREHEAD & CHEEKS AND THE FROG FORMS THE NOSE. PAINTED MOSTLY A DARK PURPLE. FROG IS GREEN W/BLACK EYES OVER WHITE SPOTS. BEARD IS RED TO BLACK IN COLOR. EYEHOLES ABOVE FROG. TWO HOLES IN EITHER SIDE FOR FASTENING "DEVIL MASK".

Listed on page 113 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "History of the Jackknife".

Record Last Modified:

20 Oct 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

355867

USNM Number:

E419866-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35b9fd97b-d0ca-4966-a0cf-c4f2324096e9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8452382