Vaquero Mask
Unknown Mask
Wooden male mask with smiling mouth with gold and white teeth; brown glass eyes with eye-holes beneath the brows; stylized gold curly hair, sideburns, and mustache; and with black paint spot, to the left of the mouth.
Name/Title
Vaquero MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.268Description
A life-sized triangle face-shaped wood mask depicting a man with ivory skin and blushed cheeks, ears, nose, and forehead. It has inset brown glass eyes with gold-painted lashes underneath and cutout eyeholes for the wearer above. Stylized gold coiffure and gold eyebrows. The mouth is smiling with red lips and white and gold teeth. There is a black beauty mark on proper right side of the mask. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask, and it is in excellent condition.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de los Vaqueros (Dance of the Vaqueros) and Baile de Mexicanos (Dance of the Mexicans)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Tomás Canil MejíaAttribution
Attributed toRole
ArtistDate made
1990Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya