Maximón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Carved wood mask painted depicting a man with dark skin black painted hair, eyebrows, mustache, and goatee. Wide round eyes, long rectangular nose, and a partially open mouth.
Maximón Mask

Carved wood mask painted depicting a man with dark skin black painted hair, eyebrows, mustache, and goatee. Wide round eyes, long rectangular nose, and a partially open mouth.

Name/Title

Maximón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.3

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with walnut-brown skin. Black eyebrows are over carved eyes. A triangular nose is above a black mustache and a slightly open mouth. There is black hair and a black goatee. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Maximón (Dance of Maximón)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ 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

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Maximon, San Simon, Confrida, Altar, 2014.C-DG.3

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

6 in

Depth

5-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso