Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Black painted wood male mask with carved mustache, bulging eyes with additional rectangular eye-holes under the brows, and a pursed mouth out-lined in red
Unknown Mask

Black painted wood male mask with carved mustache, bulging eyes with additional rectangular eye-holes under the brows, and a pursed mouth out-lined in red

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.51

Description

An oval wood mask depicting a figure with a black complexion. A set of cutout eyeholes are above carved red eyes. A small geometric nose is above a parted mustache and a pursed red mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

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

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.51

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-3/4 in

Depth

8 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment