Retangular Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Retangular Face Mask: Rectangular cedar flat-face mask with roughly carved features such as square eyes holes and wide, smiling open mouth.
Retangular Face Mask

Rectangular cedar flat-face mask with roughly carved features such as square eyes holes and wide, smiling open mouth.

Name/Title

Retangular Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.71

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask with geometric features. Cutout rectangular eyeholes are above a geometric nose and a wide, smiling cutout mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cedar trees, Wood

Search Terms

Cedar mask, Mask, square eyes, 2014.C-DG.71

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-7/8 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Depth

2-7/8 in

Material

Wood