Cristiano Mask
Cristiano Mask
Wooden male mask with gold stylized hair, eyebrows, mustache, and beard; wide-open eyes fringed with black lashes; and large pink nose
Name/Title
Cristiano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.101Description
A large triangular wood mask depicting a man with a pink complexion and darker pink blush accents on the cheeks, forehead, ears, and nose. With stylized gold hair that leads into a parted mustache. Large gold eyebrows above cutout eyeholes for the wearer and carved brown eyes outlined with painted lashes. A large, curved nose is above a slightly open red mouth. The gold goatee is on a painted blue chin. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Moros y Cristianos (Dance of Moors and Christians)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1950 - 1959Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Town
Rabinal, Baja VerapazCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya