Cristiano Mask
Cristiano Mask
Wooden male mask with smiling mouth with gold and white teeth; blue glass eyes with eye-holes above; stylized gold curly hair, sideburns and mustache; and with black paint spots on the right cheek and left of the chin.
Name/Title
Cristiano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.251Description
A life-sized oval-shaped wood mask depicting a man with light ivory skin and lightly blushed cheeks and nose. With gold-stylized hair that leads to curled sideburns. Inset blue glass eyes with painted gold lashes underneath. The cutout eyeholes for the wearer are under gold eyebrows. The mouth is slightly parted with thin peach lips and white and gold teeth. A gold parted mustache is under a straight nose. Black paint spots on the right cheek and left chin. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask. The mask is in excellent condition except for some hair loss on the lashes.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Tomás Canil MejíaAttribution
Attributed toRole
ArtistDate made
circa 1990Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya