Mask Item Number: 2655/157 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Portrait mask with long and pointed protruding nose, black coloured arched eyebrows, carved inset eyes with cut-out slits above them, scalloped horn-like carvings on either side of head next to eyebrows, round cheeks, cut-out mouth and nostrils, and black coloured protruding cone-shaped mustache with spiral grooves. The horn-like carvings have fibre tassels attached to the top and an attached metal bell on each.
History Of Use
Viejo, Old People mask.
Item History
- Made in 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
- Mexico
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 2005
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 2005
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2655/0157