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Devil

Large wooden devil's maces with three red horns and beard, colourfully painted, ears and tongue and beard, red. Allegedly used for depictions of battles at the time of the "Conquista" (?) "baile de los moros"

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Wooden mask
Dimensions
Height: 36,4 cm
Depth: 17 cm
Width: 22,2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34166

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Guatemala
  • Collecting
    who
    Hermann Rolle - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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