Cristiano Mask
Cristiano Mask
Worn, repainted male mask with pink face; wide-set painted eyes with close-set eye-holes under the gold brows; carved gold hair extending down sides of face, behind ears and ending in large curls; crudely painted gold mustache and goatee; and thin open mouth
Name/Title
Cristiano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.164Description
A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with a rouge-pink complexion. The wavy gold hair goes into curled gold sideburns. Wideset painted eyes outlined with black eyelashes. Two cutout eyeholes for the wearer are in between the eyes and under gold eyebrows. A large, hooked nose is above a painted gold mustache and a closed, red mouth. A gold goatee detail on the chin. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of cracking and paint loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)Collection
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
Town
Rabinal, Baja VerapazCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya