Cristiano Mask
Cristiano Mask
Painted wooden face mask depicting a male with large gold mustache; eye-holes with painted lashes and additional eye-hole under large blue brows; open smiling mouth with gold tooth above a blue chin; and a half-circle white ruff around the lower edge
Name/Title
Cristiano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.98Description
A large triangular wood mask depicting a man with an apricot orange complexion with blush accents on his nose and cheeks. With large sky-blue eyebrows over two sets of cutout eyeholes. A long straight nose is above a parted gold mustache and an open mouth with white and gold teeth. The chin is painted sky blue. There is a half-circle white ruff around the lower edge of the mask. A wire and red fabric are attached to the back of the mask.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of the Moors and Christians)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Kekchi PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - circa 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
Cobán, Alta VerpazCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
Kekchi People
Maya