Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Dark stained wood mask with curly hair, heavy brow, almond-shaped eye-holes, and carved parted mouth.
Unknown Mask

Dark stained wood mask with curly hair, heavy brow, almond-shaped eye-holes, and carved parted mouth.

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.50

Description

A life-sized square wood mask depicting a figure with a black complexion. Two sets of cutout eyeholes under an extended brow. There is curly hair around the forehead. A small straight nose is above a pronounced mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

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

Unpainted, 2014.C-DG.50

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Stain