Cacique (Chief) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Cacique (Chief) Mask: Wooden male mask depicted with red painted skin, black mustache, sideburns, feathered headdress and blue glass eyes.
Cacique (Chief) Mask

Wooden male mask depicted with red painted skin, black mustache, sideburns, feathered headdress and blue glass eyes.

Name/Title

Cacique (Chief) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.91

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with a red complexion. With a black feather headdress. A set of cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above inset blue eyes. A small nose is above a parted black mustache and a closed mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)

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

City

Chichicastenango

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Crown, Chief, Conquest, Spaniard, Conquistador, Headdress, 2014.C-DG.91

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-13/16 in

Width

6-5/8 in

Depth

5-5/16 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment, Glass