Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Heavily worn wood male mask, painted white, with curls of black eyebrows, thin black mustache that surrounds red cheek circles, remnants of a black goatee; oval eye-holes encircled with black eye-lashes; and with red tipped nose and small red-outlined open mouth
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.155Description
A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two oval cutout eyeholes are outlined with black painted lashes and under large, stylized curly black eyebrows. A red-tipped straight nose is above a thin black mustache that curls around red cheek circles. The red mouth is parted and above a black goatee. A wire and rope are attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of paint loss and abrasion.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