Cristiano Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Cristiano Mask: Wooden male mask with pink skin, prominent blond eyebrows over blue glass eyes, and a blue triangular shape painted from nose to chin
Cristiano Mask

Wooden male mask with pink skin, prominent blond eyebrows over blue glass eyes, and a blue triangular shape painted from nose to chin

Name/Title

Cristiano Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.40

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with salmon-pink skin. Large, prominent blonde eyebrows are over cutout eyeholes for the wearer and wide-set blue eyes. A small nose is above a slightly open red mouth set in a blue chin. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Moros y Cristianos

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

Town

Rabinal, Baja Verapaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Christian, 2014.C-DG.40

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

6 in

Depth

3 in

Material

Glass, Pigment, Wood