Mexicano Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Mexicano Mask: Darkly painted male mask with black stylized hair, large black mustache; inset brown glass eyes with additional eye-holes below the brows; large hooked nose; and open mouth with top row of teeth
Mexicano Mask

Darkly painted male mask with black stylized hair, large black mustache; inset brown glass eyes with additional eye-holes below the brows; large hooked nose; and open mouth with top row of teeth

Name/Title

Mexicano Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.133

Description

A life-sized round wood mask depicting a figure with a currant-red complexion and black designs. There is stylized black hair, sideburns, and parted mustache. A large nose is in between inset brown glass eyes and two cutout eyeholes for the wearer. A slightly open mouth showing a row of teeth. A wire is attached to the back.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Mexicanos

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Sololá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Mexican, 2014.C-DG.133

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

7-3/4 in

Depth

6 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment, Glass