Jaguar Mask
Jaguar Mask
Wooden jaguar mask with black spots across the orange-yellow painted head; small round eye-holes with additional eye-holes under the brows; open red-rimmed mouth with white teeth.
Name/Title
Jaguar MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.53Description
A large oval wood mask depicting a canary yellow jaguar with black spots. Two sets of round cutout eyeholes with painted black lashes. A long nose is above an open red mouth with white teeth. Grey and blue ribbons are tied around the mask through the top set of eyeholes. A wire is attached to the back.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Venado (Dance of the Deer)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1970 - 1979Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Region
Highlands of Guatemala, Central AmericaCountry
GuatemalaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya