Maximón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Plain wood male mask with square eye holes; carved eyebrows and mustache; small open mouth; and large chin
Maximón Mask

Plain wood male mask with square eye holes; carved eyebrows and mustache; small open mouth; and large chin

Name/Title

Maximón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.81

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with square cutout eyes and a small cutout mouth. A short nose is in the center of the face. Incised lines create a brow and a mustache.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Maximón

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Attributed to

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

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

Maximon, 2014.C-DG.81

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

6-1/8 in

Depth

3-3/8 in

Material

Wood