Ardilla Mask
Ardilla Mask
Carved and painted wooden mask depicting a rodent animal with oval ears. Small round yellow redlined eyes under brows with additional eyeholes carved into them; rounded face coming to a point at a small painted nose with whiskers.
Name/Title
Ardilla MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.129Description
A medium-sized oval mask depicting a hickory-brown rodent animal with large, oval brown and yellow ears. Small round yellow eyes are outlined with red and under cutout eyeholes. The face comes to a point with a red nose and mouth and painted black whiskers. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Animalitos (Dance of the Animals)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1950 - 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Town
Rabinal, Baja VerapazCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya