Maximón Mask
Maximón Mask
Wood mask depicting a male with painted gray hair that surround the dark stained face; carved eyes enhanced with red paint and additional eye-holes carved out under the gray brows; gray painted V-shape carved into the forehead; incised design on nose with thick gray mustache below; and protruding circular red mouth
Name/Title
Maximón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.179Description
A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a charcoal complexion. Silver hair surrounds the face. Carved and painted red eyes are underneath two cutout eyeholes for the wearer and incised brows. A small, snub nose is above a large silver mustache and a pursed red mouth. The chin is extended and pointy. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall good condition with some cracking and pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
MaximónCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1970 - circa 1979Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
South Coast, GuatemalaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya