Maximón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Carved male mask with black hair features, red pigmented skin, and small eyehole cut outs for the viewer to look through.
Maximón Mask

Carved male mask with black hair features, red pigmented skin, and small eyehole cut outs for the viewer to look through.

Name/Title

Maximón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.32

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with an apple-red complexion. A black unibrow is above cutout eyeholes. A skinny nose is above a black mustache and a circular cutout hole on the lips to hold a cigarette. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask. Scratch marks and signs of chipping concentrated on the chin area.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Maximón

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Maximon, 2014.C-DG.32, San Simon, Altar, Confrida

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso