Unknown Mask
Unknown Mask
Yellow painted male mask with grimacing mouth showing a row of teeth; small almond-shaped eye-holes; crudely painted, thick black eyebrows, mustache, and goatee; and a large black dot on forehead
Name/Title
Unknown MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.170Description
A small oval wood mask depicting a figure with a bumblebee-yellow complexion. There are black-painted features including a circle on the forehead, large eyebrows, a thin mustache, a goatee, and lines on the side and top of the mask. Two small cutout oval eyeholes are under the large eyebrows. A thin, convex nose is above a grimacing mouth showing a row of teeth. A large chin protrudes from the face and has remnants of green paint.Use
UnknownContext
PerformanceCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Region
Highlands of Guatemala, Central AmericaCountry
GuatemalaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya