Vaquero Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Vaquero Mask: Carved, black, wooden mask with incised lines on forehead and around eyes and mouth; sunken eyes; large triangular nose; protruding chin; and open mouth with yellow highlighted tongue.
Vaquero Mask

Carved, black, wooden mask with incised lines on forehead and around eyes and mouth; sunken eyes; large triangular nose; protruding chin; and open mouth with yellow highlighted tongue.

Name/Title

Vaquero Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.88

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a black figure with incised lines on the forehead, around the eyes, and above the mouth. Sunken eyes with cutout eyeholes above. A large triangular nose is above a closed mouth with a yellow highlighted tongue. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de los Tunes (Dance of the Drums)

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

San Bernardino, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Cowboy, 2014.C-DG.88

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

7-15/16 in

Depth

5-3/4 in

Length

9 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso