Maximón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Unpainted wooden male mask with narrow, rectangle eye holes, oval pursed mouth, with rope-like mustache.
Maximón Mask

Unpainted wooden male mask with narrow, rectangle eye holes, oval pursed mouth, with rope-like mustache.

Name/Title

Maximón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.109

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a male figure. Two small cutout eyeholes with large eyebags. A small straight nose is above a parted mustache and cutout oval pursed mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Maximón

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Nahualá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Maximon, 2014.C-DG.109

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

Wood