Vaquero Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Vaquero Mask: Black painted wood male mask with carved eyes and eye-holes below brows; carved out mouth with white tusks; long black animal hair attached to top of mask; and additional animal hair attached to chin
Vaquero Mask

Black painted wood male mask with carved eyes and eye-holes below brows; carved out mouth with white tusks; long black animal hair attached to top of mask; and additional animal hair attached to chin

Name/Title

Vaquero Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.203

Description

A large rectangular wood mask depicting a coal-black figure. Long black animal hair attached to the head and the chin. The cutout eyeholes are under the forehead. A large nose is above the cutout mouth with two tusks. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall good condition.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile Patzcares

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - circa 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Highlands of Guatemala, Central America

Country

Guatemala

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Cowboy, 2014.C-DG.203

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

10 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Animal hair, Bone, Glass, Gesso, Pigment, metal