Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Viejito (Old Man) Mask: Carved wood mask painted red with eye-slits above painted eyes; grimacing mouth showing two rows of teeth; and eyebrows and mustache of horse hair
Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Carved wood mask painted red with eye-slits above painted eyes; grimacing mouth showing two rows of teeth; and eyebrows and mustache of horse hair

Name/Title

Viejito (Old Man) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.127

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with a red face. Pieces of blonde horsehair are attached to the eyebrows and nostrils. Cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above painted black eyes. A long straight nose is above a mouth baring white teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile del Costeño (Dance of the Coastal Dweller)

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

Town

Rabinal, Baja Verapaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.127

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/8 in

Width

7 in

Depth

4-13/16 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso, Animal hair, Metal