Jaguar Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Jaguar Mask: Wooden animal mask with yellow pigment and black spots covering the head; green glass eyes encircled by red and black painted eyelashes; wide nose; and red open mouth showing two rows of large white teeth
Jaguar Mask

Wooden animal mask with yellow pigment and black spots covering the head; green glass eyes encircled by red and black painted eyelashes; wide nose; and red open mouth showing two rows of large white teeth

Name/Title

Jaguar Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.52

Description

A large circular wood mask depicting a canary yellow jaguar with black spots. Two cutout eyeholes for the wearer above inset green eyes encircled by red and black painted eyelashes. There are square eyes and a furrowed brow. A wide nose is above an open red mouth showing two rows of large white teeth. A wire is attached to the back.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Venado (Dance of the Deer)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kekchi 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

San Cristóbal, Alta Verapaz

Culture/Tribe

Kekchi People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Leopard, 2014.C-DG.52

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-3/16 in

Width

9-1/2 in

Depth

5-3/8 in

Material

Wood, Glass, Gesso, Pigment