Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Pedro de Alvarado Mask: Painted wooden mask depicting man with long gold beard, mustache, sideburns, and hair; eye-holes with one glass eye; red closed mouth; and with lighter areas highlighting the eyes and mouth
Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Painted wooden mask depicting man with long gold beard, mustache, sideburns, and hair; eye-holes with one glass eye; red closed mouth; and with lighter areas highlighting the eyes and mouth

Name/Title

Pedro de Alvarado Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.83

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with light ivory skin and tan details around the forehead, cheeks, and nose. With a long gold beard, parted mustache, sideburns, and hair. A set of cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above cutout eyeholes with one inset glass eye. A small red nose is above a closed red mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

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 1880 - 1889

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Cristóbal, Totonicapan

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.83

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-7/8 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

4-5/8 in

Material

Wood, Pigment