Cristiano Mask
Cristiano Mask
Painted wooden face mask depicting a male with large gold mustache, rosy nose, black glass eyes, wearer’s eye-holes, open smiling mouth above a blue chin; and a half-circle ruff around the lower edge
Name/Title
Cristiano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.97Description
A large rectangular wood mask depicting a man with an apricot orange complexion with blush accents on the cheeks and nose. With large gold eyebrows over a set of cutout eyeholes for the wearer and inset brown eyes with gold lashes. A large nose in between a gold-parted mustache. An open mouth above a painted sky-blue chin. There is a half-circle white ruff around the lower edge of the mask. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Kekchi PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
Cobán, Alta VerpazCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
Kekchi People
Maya