Diablo (Devil) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Diablo (Devil) Mask: Carved and red-painted wooden mask depicting a devil face with short black horns on top of the head; black painted eye below carved out eye-holes for the wearer; and with a small smiling mouth above a black chin
Diablo (Devil) Mask

Carved and red-painted wooden mask depicting a devil face with short black horns on top of the head; black painted eye below carved out eye-holes for the wearer; and with a small smiling mouth above a black chin

Name/Title

Diablo (Devil) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.123

Description

A life-sized square wood mask depicting a figure with a sooty scarlet-red complexion. Two small black horns and red ears protrude from the top of the head. The hair is painted black. Cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above painted eyes and under painted black eyebrows. A small, curved nose is above a small, black incised mouth. The chin has a painted black goatee. Incised wrinkles under the eyes and by the mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.

Use

Baile de Diablos (Dance of the Devils)

Context

Performance

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1980 - 1989

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Chichicastenango

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Luzbel (Lucifer), 2014.C-DG.123

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-5/16 in

Width

7-13/16 in

Depth

4-1/8 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso