Hombre Xetones Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Hombre Xetones Mask: Wood face mask painted with light pigment overall, red lips, black handle-bar mustache, and black bushy eyebrows with green glass inset eyes below.
Hombre Xetones Mask

Wood face mask painted with light pigment overall, red lips, black handle-bar mustache, and black bushy eyebrows with green glass inset eyes below.

Name/Title

Hombre Xetones Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.28

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with an ivory complexion. Large, furrowed black eyebrows over cutout eyeholes for the wearer and green eyes. A straight nose Is above a large, black mustache and an open red mouth. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask. Various signs of chipping and paint loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile Xetones

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kekchi People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1950 - 1959

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz

Culture/Tribe

Kekchi People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.28, Hombre, Man, Xetones

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

6 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Glass, Gesso