Currun Mask
Currun Mask
Black painted wood mask with grimacing face; carved and painted diagonal eyes with eye-holes above; large crooked nose; and open red-trimmed mouth with baring teeth
Name/Title
Currun MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.230Description
A life-sized rectangular, black-painted wood mask with a grimacing face. The forehead has incised lines and incised eyebrows. Carved and painted black eyes surrounded with white. Cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above the eyes. A large, crooked nose is above a red mouth bearing white teeth. A wire is attachedUse
PerformanceContext
Baile CurrunesCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
Joyabaj, El QuichéCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya