Mujer (Woman) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Mujer (Woman) Mask: Dark stained female mask with short hair, large eyeholes with carved lines below; straight small nose; and closed mouth above a long chin
Mujer (Woman) Mask

Dark stained female mask with short hair, large eyeholes with carved lines below; straight small nose; and closed mouth above a long chin

Name/Title

Mujer (Woman) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.176

Description

A life-sized elongated rectangular wood mask depicting a woman with a carob-brown complexion. A short hairstyle with a topknot is created with carved lines. Two cutout semicircle eyeholes are above incised lines. A small, upturned nose is above a closed mouth and a long chin. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Several inset boring holes and other usage marks.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - circa 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

South Coast, Guatemala

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.176

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-1/4 in

Width

4-7/8 in

Depth

3-1/4 in

Material

Wood, Stain, Pigment, Gesso