Unknown Mask
Unknown Mask
Male wooden mask with brown and black painted texture hair and pointed beard; large oval eye-holes with black painted lashes and eyebrows; large nose; and smiling bow-shaped red mouth, accented by a black mustache
Name/Title
Unknown MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.145Description
A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a crepe pink complexion. Two painted black eyebrows over cutout eyeholes with black painted lashes. A hooked nose with two cutout nostrils is above a painted, upturned black mustache. The mouth is cut out and lined with red lips. The hair and beard are brown and detailed with black spots. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Sign of paint loss.Use
PerformanceContext
UnknownCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
UnknownCulture/Tribe
Unknown