Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Object/Artifact

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Viejito (Old Man) Mask: Wooden male mask painted red with painted sunken eyes, holes for attaching eyebrows, grimacing open mouth with blackened teeth, and carved lines on either side of mouth
Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Wooden male mask painted red with painted sunken eyes, holes for attaching eyebrows, grimacing open mouth with blackened teeth, and carved lines on either side of mouth

Name/Title

Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.124

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a red face. Small cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above green eyes outlined with black. A small red nose is above an open mouth with white, green, and black teeth. There are incised wrinkles around the mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall muddled texture and pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile del Costeño (Dance of the Coastal Dweller)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1930 - 1939

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Town

Rabinal, Baja Verapaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.124

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

5-7/8 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso