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Object Number 29-16-20/F736
Display Title Bull mask, used in deer dance, Baile del Venado
Descriptions
Object Description Bull mask, used in deer dance, Baile del Venado
Inventory Description Bull head mask, wood with metal bell on horn, painted.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Artist Cruz Juarez
Culture
  • Quiché
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Totonicapan / <County> / San Miguel Totonicapan
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 26.5 x 12.4 cm (8 11/16 x 10 7/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object F736
Provenance
Owner Miguel Chuc (1928)
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (03/12/2009)
Exchange participant National Museum of the American Indian (1929)

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