Mico Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Mico Mask: Unpainted, roughly-carved animal mask with rimmed eye-holes; receding nose with large nostrils; and with protruding circular mouth-hole
Mico Mask

Unpainted, roughly-carved animal mask with rimmed eye-holes; receding nose with large nostrils; and with protruding circular mouth-hole

Name/Title

Mico Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.69

Description

A long rectangular wood mask depicting a roughly carved monkey. Two cutout eyeholes are above a receding nose with large nostrils. The mouth is open and extends from the face. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Signs of pigment loss.

Use

Unknown

Context

Performance

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

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

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Monkey, 2014.C-DG.69

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

5-5/8 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Gesso