Maximón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Carved wooden mask painted to depict a male with carved eyes, a long rectangular nose, and a rectangular mouth opening. Painted black hair, eyebrows, mustache, and beard.
Maximón Mask

Carved wooden mask painted to depict a male with carved eyes, a long rectangular nose, and a rectangular mouth opening. Painted black hair, eyebrows, mustache, and beard.

Name/Title

Maximón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.7

Description

A life-sized, long and skinny wood mask depicting a man with a medium beige complexion. Black eyebrows are over cutout eyeholes. A long, flat nose is above an upturned black mustache and open mouth. The hair and beard are black. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

Use

Dance Performance

Context

Baile de Maximón (Dance of Maximón) and Baile de Judas (Dance of Judas)

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

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

San Simon, Maximon, Saint, Simon the Zealot, Confrida, Altar, 2014.C-DG.7

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-13/16 in

Width

5-7/8 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment