Patzcarina-Patróna Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Patzcarina-Patrón Mask: Heavily worn wood female mask, originally painted white, with black hair with parted in the middle; large painted eyes with additional curved holes under brows; and red cheek dots, and red-outlined frowning mouth
Patzcarina-Patrón Mask

Heavily worn wood female mask, originally painted white, with black hair with parted in the middle; large painted eyes with additional curved holes under brows; and red cheek dots, and red-outlined frowning mouth

Name/Title

Patzcarina-Patróna Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.160

Description

A life-sized round wood mask depicting a woman with a white face. Black hair detailed with incised lines. Painted and carved eyes outlined with black lashes are under cutout eyeholes for the wearer and thin black eyebrows. A large nose is above a downturned red mouth. Two red circles are on the cheeks. A black beauty mark is on the proper left side of the forehead. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of paint loss, cracking, and chipping.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Patzcares

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

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

Nahualá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

woman, Patrona, 2014.C-DG.160

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso