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Bull mask, "Torito"
Object Number 2013.24.224
Display Title Bull mask, "Torito"
Descriptions
Object Description Bull mask, "Torito," real horns; open mouth with teeth, brown snout with flaring red nostrils, black face with tan, red and gold dots, red bangs, gold eye rims; eyes of painted pieces of broken glass, left eye unattached; marked JC inside
Inventory Description Mask, bull, "Torito,"carved wood, horns; open mouth with teeth, brown snout with flaring red nostrils, black face with tan, red and gold dots, red bangs, gold eye rims; eyes of painted pieces of broken glass, left eye unattached; marked JC inside
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Materials Wood , Paint , Horn , Glass , Twine
Dimensions Overall: 25 × 21 × 18 cm (9 13/16 × 8 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.224; JC
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb

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