Bruja (Witch) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Bruja (Witch) Mask: Wooden crescent-shaped mask with pointed forehead and chin, large protruding nose, wide, smiling mouth with jagged teeth, and attached rubber ears.
Bruja (Witch) Mask

Wooden crescent-shaped mask with pointed forehead and chin, large protruding nose, wide, smiling mouth with jagged teeth, and attached rubber ears.

Name/Title

Bruja (Witch) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.125

Description

A wide oval wood mask depicting a brown figure. There are large black rubber ears attached to the side of the head. There are black eyes in between cutout eyeholes for the wearer. A large protruding nose is above an open smiling mouth with jagged teeth. The forehead and black chin extend out to create a crescent shape. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall muddled texture and pigment loss.

Use

Baile de Judas (Dance of Judas)

Context

Performance

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.125

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-3/16 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Depth

6-13/16 in

Material

Pigment, Wood, Gesso, Rubber, Metal