Vaquero Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Vaquero Mask: Wood male mask ornately decorated with elaborated gold coiffure encircled by a flower crown, curled gold sideburns and mustaches, and blue glass eyes accented by heavy black eyebrows and exaggerated eyelashes.
Vaquero Mask

Wood male mask ornately decorated with elaborated gold coiffure encircled by a flower crown, curled gold sideburns and mustaches, and blue glass eyes accented by heavy black eyebrows and exaggerated eyelashes.

Name/Title

Vaquero Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.41

Description

A life-sized round wood mask depicting a man with an ivory complexion and peach blush accents on the nose and cheeks. Gold hair that goes into curled sideburns and is decorated with flowers. Black-painted eyebrows are above two cutout eyeholes for the wearer and inset blue eyes are outlined with black lashes. A straight nose is above a parted gold mustache and a slightly open mouth with white teeth. A wire and an orange string are attached to the back.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile del Torito

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1980 - 1989

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Chichicastenango

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Cowboy, 2014.C-DG.41

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Width

6-5/8 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Gesso, Pigment, Glass, Wood