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Object Number
2013.24.226
Display Title
Conquistador mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Conquistador mask, small; carved with curls and forehead adornment with central floral motif and two wing motifs, all painted gold; moustache also painted gold; glass eyes painted white, blue, gold and black, affixed with black substance and black paper; twine at back
Inventory Description
Mask, small; carved wood with curls and forehead adornment with central floral motif and two wing motifs, all painted gold; moustache also painted gold; glass eyes painted white, blue, gold and black, affixed with black substance and black paper; twine at back
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
Materials
Wood , Paint , Glass , Twine
Dimensions
Overall: 18 × 14 × 10 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.226
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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