Tecún Umán Mask
Tecún Umán Mask
Wooden, male mask with large nose, sharp chin, black hair and mustache, curled sideburns, and with two green and orange birds on either side of the forehead.
Name/Title
Tecún Umán MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.59Description
A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with a light walnut brown complexion and blush accents. The mask has black carved hair that leads into curled sideburns. The hair is decorated with two green birds. There are two sets of cutout eyeholes under black eyebrows. A large, hooked nose is above a closed red mouth. The incised lines on the forehead create wrinkles. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya