Vaquero Mask
Vaquero Mask
Carved wood mask painted red depicting a male with black eyebrows, a mustache, and a jutting beard. Eye holes are carved beneath heavy brows. Long rectangular nose with mustache over slit like mouth. Diagonal stripes black and red stripes on the forehead.
Name/Title
Vaquero MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.8Description
A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with black and red details. Black lines on the forehead and black eyebrows are above cutout eyeholes. A long nose is above a black mustache and an open mouth. There is a black beard. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
UnknownCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1960 - 1969Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
Samayac, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya