Negrito Mask
Negrito Mask
Black painted wood mask with gold stylized hair, sideburns, and mustache; brown inset eyes with gold lashes beneath and additional eyeholes under gold brows; and red painted open mouth with white and gold teeth
Name/Title
Negrito MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.267Description
A life-sized diamond face-shaped wood mask depicting a man with a shiny black complexion. There are gold details including eyebrows, painted eyelashes, and stylized hair that leads into curled sideburns and a parted mustache. The hair is decorated with a gold flower centered on the forehead. There are two inset brown glass eyes below cutout eyeholes for the wearer. The mouth is parted with red lips and white and gold teeth. A copper wire and a piece of leather string are attached to the back of the mask. The mask is in excellent condition.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de los Vaqueros (Dance of the Vaqueros) and Baile de Mexicanos (Dance of the Mexicans)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Tomás Canil MejíaAttribution
Attributed toRole
ArtistDate made
1990Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya