Torito (Bull) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Torito (Bull)Mask: Carved wood mask depicting a brown and white bull's head with large horns and large almond-shaped black painted eyes
Torito (Bull)Mask

Carved wood mask depicting a brown and white bull's head with large horns and large almond-shaped black painted eyes

Name/Title

Torito (Bull) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.42

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a pecan-brown bull. Two large white horns extend from the forehead. Two circular cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above large painted eyes set in large white shapes. The brown muzzle has red nostrils and a red mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile del Torito

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1940 - 1949

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Cristóbal, Totonicapan

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Cow, 2014.C-DG.42, Torito

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

7 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment, Metal