Xacalcoje Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Xacalcoje Mask: Crudely carved stained wooden mask with a smiling mouth, close-set eyes, short nose, and heavily incised lines to create expression or details.
Xacalcoje Mask

Crudely carved stained wooden mask with a smiling mouth, close-set eyes, short nose, and heavily incised lines to create expression or details.

Name/Title

Xacalcoje Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.10

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a human figure. A small nose Is in between cutout eyeholes. An incised, whisker-like mustache is above a smiling mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Xacalcojes

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Cristóbal, Totonicapan

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Change of face, Resurrection, Jesus, Easter, 2014.C-DG.10

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

6-13/16 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Stain