Gracejo (Joker) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Gracejo (Joker) Mask: Smiling male mask with open mouth showing row of black and white teeth; brown hair, thin brown eyebrows, and short mustache; and narrow eye-holes with painted lower lashes
Gracejo (Joker) Mask

Smiling male mask with open mouth showing row of black and white teeth; brown hair, thin brown eyebrows, and short mustache; and narrow eye-holes with painted lower lashes

Name/Title

Gracejo (Joker) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.165

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a smiling man with ivory skin and red blush accents on his nose and cheeks. Balding brown hair detailed with incised lines. Cutout eyeholes with painted brown lashes underneath and brown eyebrows above. A large, pointed nose is above a parted mustache and an open, smiling mouth shows a row of teeth. A wire and rope are attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of scratches and paint loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kekchi People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Cobán, Alta Verpaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

Kekchi People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Mox (Fool), Christian, 2014.C-DG.165

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment