Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Wood male mask painted white with heavy, scolloped black eyebrows, black mustache that curls over red cheek circles, black goatee; mound-shaped eye-holes encircled with black eye-lashes; and with red tipped nose and red outlined open mouth
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.154Description
A smaller oval wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two semicircle cutout eyeholes are outlined with black painted lashes and under large, stylized curly back eyebrows. A red-tipped concave nose is above a black mustache that curls over red cheek circles. The red mouth is parted and above a teardrop-shaped black goatee. A wire, yellow string, and black fabric are attached to the back of the mask. Overall good condition despite some chipping.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de PatzcaresCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Samayac, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya