Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Roughly carved face mask with T shaped by eyebrows and nose; narrow eye-holes; and simply carved mouth and long chin
Unknown Mask

Roughly carved face mask with T shaped by eyebrows and nose; narrow eye-holes; and simply carved mouth and long chin

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.240

Description

A large rectangular wood mask depicting a figure with simple features. The eyebrows and rectangular nose create a “T-shape”. There are narrow cutout eyeholes. The mouth is simply carved and protruding from the face. The chin is long. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. There are some vertical cracks.

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 - circa 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Sololá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.240

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

10-13/16 in

Width

8-3/16 in

Depth

4-3/16 in

Material

Wood, Stain