Moro (Moor) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Moro (Moor) Mask: Wooden male mask with exaggerated brown eyebrows, handle-bar mustache, and goatee on blue chin; two set of eye-holes; and open mouth with white teeth
Moro (Moor) Mask

Wooden male mask with exaggerated brown eyebrows, handle-bar mustache, and goatee on blue chin; two set of eye-holes; and open mouth with white teeth

Name/Title

Moro (Moor) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.140

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a bald man with a lemonade-pink complexion. There are two sets of cutout eyeholes underneath large, incised brown eyebrows. A large, hooked nose is above a parted and curved brown mustache and a slightly open pink mouth showing a row of white teeth. The chin is painted sky blue and has a brown goatee. A wire is attached to the back. Some signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kekchi People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1950 - 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Cobán, Alta Verpaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

Kekchi People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Christian, 2014.C-DG.140

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

6-7/8 in

Depth

5-11/16 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso