Mexicano Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Mexicano Mask: Wood male mask painted dark brown with curled black hair, mustache, and side burns; prominent forehead and large nose; brown glass eyes; smiling mouth with a row of white teeth and red lips.
Mexicano Mask

Wood male mask painted dark brown with curled black hair, mustache, and side burns; prominent forehead and large nose; brown glass eyes; smiling mouth with a row of white teeth and red lips.

Name/Title

Mexicano Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.61

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a coffee-tbrown complexion. There is stylized black hair, sideburns, and parted mustache. Painted eyebrows over two cutout eyeholes for the wearer and inset brown eyes outlined with black lashes. A large nose is above an open mouth with white and gold teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Mexicanos

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Cristóbal, Totonicapan

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Mexican, 2014.C-DG.61

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

6-7/8 in

Depth

5-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Glass, Gesso, Pigment