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Object Number 2013.24.225
Display Title Deer mask, miniature
Descriptions
Object Description Miniature deer mask; brown and black painted head with carved eyes, painted white with red rims and black eyelashes, and nostrils; open mouth with protruding red tongue; two branched antlers, painted tan, attached with nail and probably glue, left antler very loose; string at back
Inventory Description Mask, miniature deer, brown and black painted head with carved eyes, painted white with red rims and black eyelashes, and nostrils, open mouth with protruding red tongue, two branched antlers, painted tan, attached with nail and probably glue, left antler very loose, string at back
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 × 14 × 18.5 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.225
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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