León Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

León (Lion) Mask: Wooden animal mask with a black mane and yellow face; glass eyes with additional eye-holes on the forehead; red flared nostrils above painted whiskers, and red mouth, open to show large white teeth.
León (Lion) Mask

Wooden animal mask with a black mane and yellow face; glass eyes with additional eye-holes on the forehead; red flared nostrils above painted whiskers, and red mouth, open to show large white teeth.

Name/Title

León Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.93

Description

A life-sized rectangular mask depicting a dandelion-yellow lion with a black mane decorated with incised lines. Rounded upright ears extend from the top of the head. Inset brown eyes with incised lashes are underneath black eyebrows and two cutout eyeholes for the wearer. A skinny nose with red nostrils is above a closed red mouth with white teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Animales (Dance of the Animals)

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, Lions

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.93

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Depth

4-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso, Glass