Patzcar Patrón Mask
Patzcar Patrón Mask
Wooden male mask with black face and substantial silver eyebrows across the forehead and with a full silver beard surrounding an open rectangular red-painted mouth.
Name/Title
Patzcar Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.45Description
A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with a black face. Two oval cutout eyeholes are under large, stylized silver eyebrows. A downturned nose is above an open red mouth and a stylized silver beard. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de PatzcaresCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Nahualá, SololáCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya