Cristiano Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Cristiano Mask: Wood mask depicting a male face with blue eyes and blue chin; opened red rimmed mouth; and exaggerated gold eyebrows and mustache.
Cristiano Mask

Wood mask depicting a male face with blue eyes and blue chin; opened red rimmed mouth; and exaggerated gold eyebrows and mustache.

Name/Title

Cristiano Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.39

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with a pale ivory complexion. Large, curled gold eyebrows are over cutout eyeholes for the wearer and painted blue eyes outlined with gold. A small nose is above a parted gold mustache and a slightly open red mouth with white teeth. The chin is painted blue. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Moros y Cristianos

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Poqomchi' People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Palín, Escuintla

Culture/Tribe

Poqomchi' People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Christian, 2014.C-DG.39

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-5/8 in

Width

6-3/8 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment