Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Viejito (Old Man) Mask: Carved wood mask depicting a male with a red face, painted eyes below eye-holes; painted black hair, eyebrows, mustache, and chin; added plant fiber on eyebrows and around nose; and an open mouth with painted teeth
Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Carved wood mask depicting a male with a red face, painted eyes below eye-holes; painted black hair, eyebrows, mustache, and chin; added plant fiber on eyebrows and around nose; and an open mouth with painted teeth

Name/Title

Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.128

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with a red face. The hair, parted mustache, and goatee are painted black. Tufts of fiber are attached to the eyebrows and mustache. Cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above lopsided painted black eyes. A sloping nose extends over a cutout mouth with painted white teeth. A wire is attached to the back. Some signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile del Costeño (Dance of the Coastal Dweller)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Town

Rabinal, Baja Verapaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.128

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

8 in

Depth

5-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso, Plant Fiber