Cacique (Chief) Mask
Cacique (Chief) Mask
Wooden male mask with red face, gold painted eyebrows and eyelashes, pink closed mouth, and colorful feathered headdress.
Name/Title
Cacique (Chief) MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.085Description
A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with a red complexion. With a blue, white, green, red, and yellow feather headdress. Gold painted eyebrows are above two sets of cutout eyeholes. A straight nose is above a closed pink mouth. Incised lines create wrinkles. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)Collection
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
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya