Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Patzcar-Patrón Mask
Heavily repainted white male mask with small black eye-brows, narrow rectangular eye-holes with black painted lower lashes, thin black up-turned mustache with painted out areas, and large round black goatee below a small slit mouth
Name/Title
Patzcar-Patrón MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.163Description
A long rectangular wood mask depicting a male figure with a white face and short black hair with incised curls. Rectangular cutout eyeholes with painted black eyelashes under furrowed black eyebrows. A long, flat nose has red paint on the tip. There are black lines on the cheeks, a thin black mustache, and a closed black mouth. A large black circle on the chin mimics a goatee. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of paint loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de PatzcaresCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1970 - 1979Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Samayac, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya