Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Wood male mask, painted white, with black curly eyebrows, thin black mustache ending around red cheek circles, and black goatee; almond shaped eye-holes with black eye-lashes; and red tipped nose above a red-outlined open mouth
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.161Description
A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two cutout eyeholes are under black painted eyelashes and large, curling eyebrows. A straight nose with a red tip is above a painted black mustache that curls around red cheek circles. The mouth is red and slightly open. The chin has a black goatee. A wire and rope are attached to the back of the mask. Overall cracks and paint loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de PatzcaresCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1930 - 1939Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Nahualá, SololáCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya