Model of a mariachi band member. Tiny figure is of a man playing a mariachi guitar. He wears a wide brimmed hat, undecorated, a white high collared shirt, light brown pants and blue belt. Figure is precisely painted. His feet are planted on a small square base.

Model of a mariachi band member. Tiny figure is of a man playing a guitarron, a large mariachi guitar. He wears a wide brimmed hat, undecorated, a white shirt, light grey pants and red belt. Figure is precisely painted. His feet are planted on a small square base.

Model of a mariachi band member. Tiny figure is of a man playing a red and blue snare drum, drumstick raised in front of his chest. He wears a wide brimmed hat, undecorated, a sarape or patterned cloth in dark pink folded and placed over his shoulder, a white blouse and grey pants. Figure is precisely painted. His feet are planted on a small square base.

Model of a mariachi band member. Tiny figure is of a man playing a violin, bow and instrument held out in front of him. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, undecorated, a sarape or patterned cloth folded and placed over his shoulder, a white blouse and dark pants. Figure is precisely painted. His feet are planted on a small square base.

A small, stuffed cotton doll, clothed in a white, long-sleeved shirt, with attached full length skirt. The shirt has a pink and blue wool stitched design on the front, and purple cotton stitching around the sleeves. Pink cotton stitching runs up the back. The skirt features a vertical stripe design, of black, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow and green stripes, and is hemmed with white lace. The face features two dark brown circular eyes, a pale pink triangular shaped nose, and a red mouth, all of which are of another material, perhaps felt, that has been adhered to the cotton face. The doll has black wool for hair, styled in two braids, interwoven and tied off with pink and green ribbons. The doll has two buttons sewn on at either side of the hip under the skirt, a dark brown one on the proper right, and a smaller white one on the proper left.

Large black poncho with half sleeves. Square neck opening with tan stitching bordering the collar. Bottom back edge of poncho has twisted wool fringe. There are slits in the seam under sleeve on both sides.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Gift of Lillian Pitt.

Mask representing a woman-butterfly. The head and bare breasts are of a female human, whereas the lower body, wings and antennae are of a butterfly. The woman has long black hair and red skin. The wings are decorated on each side with a flower on the lower wing and a foliage-like pattern in the upper segment. Mask carved of wood, then coated in a plaster-like substance, before being painted.

Small blackware pot of human figure with a tri-lobed basket-like object on his back. The pot is wide at bottom, narrowing toward the neck with slightly convex curvature. The mouth is narrow, inside a very large rim that flares into a three-lobed structure. Decoration on the pot includes carved clovers and incised linear designs. The lobes are decorated with incised diamond shapes. Attached to the front of the pot is a crouched human carrying the pot with a tumpline?, with arms raised and to the rear, holding the rim. The figure has a large head and face, with protruding forehead, nose and chin, carved smiling mouth, and carved eyes.