Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Patzcar-Patrón Mask: Painted wood male mask with light face, low black hairline; oval eye-holes with black lower lashes; curled mustache; and red rimmed closed mouth
Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Painted wood male mask with light face, low black hairline; oval eye-holes with black lower lashes; curled mustache; and red rimmed closed mouth

Name/Title

Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.235

Description

A life-sized oval-shaped wood mask depicting a man with a white face. The hair is a black, painted strip across the forehead. There are oval cutout eyeholes with black painted lashes underneath. There are painted black eyebrows and a parted curled mustache. The triangular nose has red paint on the tip. The mouth is a straight, carved line and painted red. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of paint chipping and fading.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Patzcares

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

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

Nahualá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Patron, 2014.C-DG.235

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

6-1/8 in

Depth

3-11/16 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment