Torito (Bull) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Torito (Bull) Mask: Wooden animal mask with black and red horizontal striped face; attached large polychrome horns; attached animal hide ears; carved and painted eyes; close-set eye-holes on the forehead, partially encircled by white dots with a painted cross between the holes; white muddle; and red-rimmed open mouth
Torito (Bull) Mask

Wooden animal mask with black and red horizontal striped face; attached large polychrome horns; attached animal hide ears; carved and painted eyes; close-set eye-holes on the forehead, partially encircled by white dots with a painted cross between the holes; white muddle; and red-rimmed open mouth

Name/Title

Torito (Bull) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.184

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a decorated bull with a red and black vertically striped face. Two red, black, and blue horns protrude from the top of the head. One animal hide ear is attached next to the right horn. Two carved and painted eyes and two cutout eyeholes for the wearer partially encircled with white dots and with a white cross in between. A white muzzle with red nostrils and open mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Good condition but some pigment loss on the nose.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile del Torito (Dance of the Bull)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1949

Time Period

20th 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

Search Terms

Cow, 2014.C-DG.184

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

9-1/2 in

Depth

8-5/8 in

Material

Wood, Metal, Fur, Gesso, Pigment