Patzcar Patrón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Patzcar Patrón Mask: Unpainted wood mask with large, carved and incised eyebrows covering the forehead, small rounded eye-holes, prominent nose, and small mouth with a fuller lower lip
Patzcar Patrón Mask

Unpainted wood mask with large, carved and incised eyebrows covering the forehead, small rounded eye-holes, prominent nose, and small mouth with a fuller lower lip

Name/Title

Patzcar Patrón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-D.G.43

Description

A life-sized oval unpainted wood mask depicting a figure with large, stylized eyebrows. Small cutout eyeholes are under the brow. A small nose is above a small, closed mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Patzcares

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

* Untyped Cultural Region

Nahualá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Patron, 2014.C-D.G.43

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

6-1/4 in

Depth

4-1/4 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Material

Wood