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Object Number
29-16-20/F737
Display Title
Deer mask, used in deer dance, Baile del Venado
Descriptions
Object Description
Deer mask, used in deer dance, Baile del Venado
Inventory Description
Deer head mask, wood with antlers, canvas ears.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Cruz Juarez
Culture
- Quiché
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Totonicapan
/
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/
Totonicapan
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Antler, Canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 18 x 12.2 cm (14 3/16 x 7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
F737
Credit Line
Exchange with Heye Museum, 1929
Provenance
Owner
Miguel Chuc
(1928)
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(03/12/1928 - 01/01/1929)
Exchange participant
National Museum of the American Indian
(1929)
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