Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Small wood male mask with white face; heavy black eyebrows that curl up forehead, as well as thick curled black mustache and black goatee; round eye-holes encircled with black eye-lashes; and a small red trimmed mouth and a red tipped nose
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.153Description
A small square wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two circular cutout eyeholes are outlined with black painted lashes and under large, geometric black eyebrows. A red-tipped straight nose is above a thick parted black mustache. The red mouth is parted and above a teardrop-shaped black goatee. A wire and string are attached to the back of the mouth. Some signs of paint loss and chipping.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Patzcares (Dance of the Patzcar)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1950 - 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Samayac, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya