Mexicano Mask
Mexicano Mask
Wooden male mask with curled black hair, sideburns, and mustache; white face with dark pink accents; an open mouth with rows of white teeth and red lips; and with a long, pole-like nose.
Name/Title
Mexicano MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.60Description
A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with a white face and red blush accents on the forehead, cheeks, chin, and tip of the nose. There is stylized black hair, sideburns, and a parted mustache. Two cutout eyeholes for the wearer above inset brown eyes outlined with black lashes. A long nose extends from the face and is above a smiling, open red mouth with white teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de Mexicanos; tourist maskCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1980 - 1989Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya