Mexicano Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Mexicano Mask: Painted and highly carved wood mask depicting a grinning male with darker face; black stylized hair, sideburns and mustache; red eyes with eye-holes under the brow; very long nose; and red lips with two rows of teeth
Mexicano Mask

Painted and highly carved wood mask depicting a grinning male with darker face; black stylized hair, sideburns and mustache; red eyes with eye-holes under the brow; very long nose; and red lips with two rows of teeth

Name/Title

Mexicano Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.243

Description

A life-sized round wood mask depicting a smiling man with a coffee-brown complexion and blush accents on the forehead, nose, ears, and cheeks. There is stylized black hair, sideburns, and a parted mustache. Inset red glass eyes with painted black lashes underneath and crow’s feet wrinkles. Cutout eyeholes for the wearer are under black eyebrows. A comically large nose protrudes from the face. The smiling mouth has cherry-red lips and large, white teeth. A wire and fraying rope are attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of scratches and paint chipping.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

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

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Mexican, 2014.C-DG.243

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

7-3/8 in

Depth

6-13/16 in

Material

Wood, Glass, Plastic, Pigment