Ajitz Mask
Ajitz Mask
Red painted, wood male mask with stylized gold hair, sideburns, and mustache; carved eyeholes with gold painted lashes and one missing eye; additional eyeholes under wrinkled brow; large nose and chin; and open mouth showing white teeth
Name/Title
Ajitz MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.172Description
A life-sized square face-shaped mask depicting a male figure with a red-orange complexion. There is stylized gold hair that goes into curled sideburns. Inset tawny-brown eyes outlined with gold-painted lashes. Two cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above the eyes. A large, hooked nose is above a gold, parted mustache, and an open mouth with white and gold teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. The proper right eye has fallen out.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1950 - 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Region
Highlands of Guatemala, Central AmericaCountry
GuatemalaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya