Bruja (Witch) Mask

Object/Artifact

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Bruja (Witch) Mask: Carved wooden mask with mottled face, high arched eyebrows, wide-set eyes with close-set, eye-holes, large straight nose, and small grinning mouth.
Bruja (Witch) Mask

Carved wooden mask with mottled face, high arched eyebrows, wide-set eyes with close-set, eye-holes, large straight nose, and small grinning mouth.

Name/Title

Bruja (Witch) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.200

Description

A life-sized diamond wood mask depicting a light fern-green figure. Hair and arched eyebrows are created with incised lines. Carved eyes are under circular cutout eyeholes. A large straight nose is above a small grinning mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of chipping and paint loss that have created a muddled texture.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Diablos (Dance of the Devils)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - circa 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Highlands of Guatemala, Central America

Country

Guatemala

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Bruja, Witch, Devil, 2014.C-DG.200

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

Wood