Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Painted wood face mask with textured brown hair; brown eyebrows with eye-holes cut in; painted blue eyes, rimmed in brown; ears with small holes in the lobes; and open mouth with red lips, showing a row of white teeth
Unknown Mask

Painted wood face mask with textured brown hair; brown eyebrows with eye-holes cut in; painted blue eyes, rimmed in brown; ears with small holes in the lobes; and open mouth with red lips, showing a row of white teeth

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.210

Description

A life-sized square wood mask depicting a figure with a warm ivory complexion and light blush accents. The hair is chocolate-brown, carved, and short. The eyeholes for the wearer are cut into the eyebrows and above the blue, painted oval eyes. The convex nose is crooked and over a smiling mouth with red lips and white teeth. A thick wire, brown string, and band are attached to the back of the mask. Overall chipping, paint loss, and muddled complex.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1949

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

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.210

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-3/16 in

Width

6 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment