Cristiano Mask
Cristiano Mask
Wooden, male mask with large, brown mustache and hair; circular eyeholes with additional smaller eyeholes under thin brows; reddish, triangle nose and blue chin, with the lower half of face edged with a white ruff
Name/Title
Cristiano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.64Description
A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with an apricot orange complexion and peach blush. Large brown eyebrows are above two sets of cutout eyeholes. A short triangular nose is above a parted brown mustache and a downturned mouth with white teeth. A small patch of blue is on the chin. There is a half-circle white ruff around the lower edge of the mask. A wire and blue and white fabric are attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Kekchi PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
Cobán, Alta VerpazCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
Kekchi People
Maya