Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Patzcar-Patrón Mask: Carved wooden mask painted red depicting a male with black stylized eyebrows, mustache, and goatee. Deeply carved square eye holes with a long nose and rectangular mouth exposing white teeth.
Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Carved wooden mask painted red depicting a male with black stylized eyebrows, mustache, and goatee. Deeply carved square eye holes with a long nose and rectangular mouth exposing white teeth.

Name/Title

Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.5

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a figure with a red complexion. Black eyebrows are above cutout rectangular eyeholes. A triangular nose is above an upturned black mustache and an open mouth with white teeth. There is a black goatee. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

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

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Man, Patron, 2014.C-DG.5

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

4-1/4 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Bone