Moro (Moor) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Moro (Moor) Mask: Unpainted wood male with incised scolloped eyebrows; carved eyes with triangle eyeholes; wide flat nose; and a small carved out mouth
Moro (Moor) Mask

Unpainted wood male with incised scolloped eyebrows; carved eyes with triangle eyeholes; wide flat nose; and a small carved out mouth

Name/Title

Moro (Moor) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.245

Description

A life-sized square wood mask depicting a man with incised eyebrows, wrinkles, and hairline. There are triangular eyeholes cut into carved eyes. The nose is flat. The mouth is pursed with a small cutout opening. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. There are some minor cracks in the chin.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown Mask

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - circa 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.245

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-7/8 in

Width

6-5/8 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Material

Wood