Maximón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Carved wood face mask with overall brown pigment, with black hair, mustache, and eye brows, and with white accenting wide open eyes and a row of straight teeth.
Maximón Mask

Carved wood face mask with overall brown pigment, with black hair, mustache, and eye brows, and with white accenting wide open eyes and a row of straight teeth.

Name/Title

Maximón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.72

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with a brown complexion. The black hair is decorated with incised lines and extends into short sideburns. Painted black eyebrows are above painted brown eyes. A large nose is above a parted black mustache and a slightly open mouth with white teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Maximón

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

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Bernardino, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Maximon, 2014.C-DG.72

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Depth

5-3/8 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment