Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Unpainted, wood male mask with heavy stylized eyebrows; close-set eye-holes on carved eyes; and long nose above a great curled mustache
Unknown Mask

Unpainted, wood male mask with heavy stylized eyebrows; close-set eye-holes on carved eyes; and long nose above a great curled mustache

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.135

Description

A life-sized circular unpainted dark wood mask depicting a figure. Large and heavily stylized eyebrows are above cutout eyeholes. A long nose is above a large, curled, and incised mustache. An incised line creates the mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1940 - 1949

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.135

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

6-13/16 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Stain