Mask Item Number: 2655/138 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dark-brown portrait mask with oversized hooked nose and long protruding chin. Cut-out eye slits, wide cut-out mouth with two teeth on upper mouth, exaggerated cheek bones and carved groove lines on either side of the mask's forehead. One small hole on either side of the mask parallel to the top of the nose.
History Of Use
Viejo, Old People mask from Patzcuaro. Used in Old Man Dances (or Tare-Uarariecha in Purepecha) in which the protagonists, represented with near toothless masks, stagger around on walking sticks.
Item History
- Made in Michoacan, Mexico
- Owned by Alfred H. Siemens before August 17, 2005
- Received from Alfred H. Siemens (Donor) on August 17, 2005
What
Who
- Culture
- Mexican
- Previous Owner
- Alfred H. Siemens
- Received from
- Alfred H. Siemens (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Michoacan, Mexico
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 2005
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 2005
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 92
- Accession Number
- 2655/0138