Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Small wood male mask painted white with heavy black eyebrows that curl up forehead, thin black mustache curls around red cheek circles; black goatee; almond-shaped eye-holes encircled with black eye-lashes; and red tipped nose and red-lined down-turned mouth
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.157Description
A small square wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two oval cutout eyeholes are outlined with black painted lashes and under large, detailed black eyebrows. A long, hooked, red-tipped nose is above a thin black mustache that curls around red cheek circles. The red mouth is parted and above a teardrop-shaped black goatee. There is a black beauty mark on the proper left side of the chin. A wire and rope are attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of wear and chipping.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de PatzcaresCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1950 - 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Samayac, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya