Tigre (Tiger) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Tigre (Tiger) Mask: Yellow painted, wooden animal mask with small upright ears; eye-holes with one missing green glass eye; additional eye-holes about the brows; and white area covering nose and mouth
Tigre (Tiger) Mask

Yellow painted, wooden animal mask with small upright ears; eye-holes with one missing green glass eye; additional eye-holes about the brows; and white area covering nose and mouth

Name/Title

Tigre (Tiger) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.94

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a honey-yellow tiger. One small yellow and one white upright ear protrudes from the head. Cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above inset green eyes (one is missing). A long, white-tipped nose with red nostrils is above a red mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Venado (Deer Dance)/prueba del Lazo

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1950 - circa 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Andrés Xecúl, Totonicapán

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.94

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Depth

3-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment, Shell