Venado Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Venado Mask: Carved and stained wooden, animal mask with incised almond-shaped eyes below circular eye-holes; two large upright ears; small triangular nostrils, and a slightly open mouth.
Venado Mask

Carved and stained wooden, animal mask with incised almond-shaped eyes below circular eye-holes; two large upright ears; small triangular nostrils, and a slightly open mouth.

Name/Title

Venado Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.147

Description

A medium wood mask depicting a stained wood deer. Cutout eyeholes are above incised almond-shaped eyes with incised lower lashes. Two nostrils and a simple mouth are carved into the muzzle. Two large upright ears are on the top of the head. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Animalitos (Dance of the Animals) and Baile de los Venados (Dance of the Deer)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Animal, Deer, Doe, Female, Ciervos, 2014.C-DG.147

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

7 in

Depth

6-7/8 in

Material

Wood