Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Pedro de Alvarado Mask: Wooden mask depicting a man with stylized gold painted hair, mustache and beard, blue glass eyes, red lips, and white teeth.
Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Wooden mask depicting a man with stylized gold painted hair, mustache and beard, blue glass eyes, red lips, and white teeth.

Name/Title

Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.58

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with light ivory skin and light blush accents. With a long gold beard, parted mustache, sideburns, and hair. A set of cutout eyeholes above the wearer are above cutout eyeholes with inset blue eyes. A large, curved nose is above a red mouth with white teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Chichicastenango

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.58

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7-1/8 in

Depth

5-7/8 in

Material

Wood, Plastic, Gesso, Pigment