Fiero Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Fiero Mask: Carved oval-shaped wooden mask painted red depicting male with round eye holes, incised line smiling mouth, black mustache, sideburns, and heavy set black painted brows.
Fiero Mask

Carved oval-shaped wooden mask painted red depicting male with round eye holes, incised line smiling mouth, black mustache, sideburns, and heavy set black painted brows.

Name/Title

Fiero Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.13

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a red complexion. A unibrow is over large, circular cutout eyeholes. A skinny nose is above an upturned mustache and carved mouth. Black sideburns on either side of the head. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of scratch marks and paint chipping.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Fieros

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Poqomchi' 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

Palín, Escuintla

Culture/Tribe

Poqomchi' People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.13

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/16 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

3 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment