Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Small white male mask with crudely painted features, including thick black eyebrows and large black mustache curled around red cheek circles; eye-holes with black eye-lashes; and red tipped nose with red going down to red-outlined divided mouth
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.162Description
A small round wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two cutout eyeholes are outlined with painted black eyelashes and under large black eyebrows. A rectangular nose has a red tip that goes around a mouth created by two separated cutout ovals. A painted black mustache curls around red cheek circles. There is a black line on the chin. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of cracking and paint loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de PatzcaresCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1950 - 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Samayac, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya