dance-mask
- Museum number
- Am1988,08.352.c
- Description
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Dance-mask (one of four); man's face carved from wood; slits carved above eyes; holes pierced for nostrils; hole at top and just below ears for tying on mask; hair painted black, with central section separate from two side sections; skin painted pink; carved pink ears with black sideburns below; black eyebrows; white eyes, black pupils, black eyelashes below eye; black carved mustache; red nostrils; red lips.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 centimetres
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Width: 17 centimetres
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Depth: 11.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- These masks were used for the Danza de los HueHues.These masks were commissioned from the maker. Although they are new and unused, they are nevertheless authentic examples of local masks for this dance.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1988
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for all four (a-d).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1988,08.352.c