Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Pedro de Alvarado Mask: Wooden male mask with gold stylized hair, beard, mustache, and sideburns; eye-holes with gold lashes, as well as additional eye-holes beneath straight, painted brows; and with a grimacing mouth, with red lips and white teeth
Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Wooden male mask with gold stylized hair, beard, mustache, and sideburns; eye-holes with gold lashes, as well as additional eye-holes beneath straight, painted brows; and with a grimacing mouth, with red lips and white teeth

Name/Title

Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.55

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with an ivory complexion and light blush accents. With a long gold beard, parted mustache, sideburns, and hair. Two sets of cutout eyeholes. A large nose is above an open red mouth with white and gold teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

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 1960 - circa 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Sebastián, Retalhuleu

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.55

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

7-7/8 in

Depth

5-1/8 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment