Güegüecho (Goiter) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Güegüecho (Goiter) Mask: Wooden male mask with painted, short, black hair and eyebrows; large almond-shaped eyes, encircled with painted black lashes; open mouth set amid a patch of light gray; and with a rounded, oblong goiter beneath the chin
Güegüecho (Goiter) Mask

Wooden male mask with painted, short, black hair and eyebrows; large almond-shaped eyes, encircled with painted black lashes; open mouth set amid a patch of light gray; and with a rounded, oblong goiter beneath the chin

Name/Title

Güegüecho (Goiter) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.68

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with ivory skin and short, black, painted hair and eyebrows. Two cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above painted eyes with black eyelashes. A straight nose is above a light grey chin and a slightly open mouth. There is a rounded, oblong goiter beneath the chin. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de los Güegüechos (Dance of the People with Goiters)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Town

Rabinal, Baja Verapaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Goiter, Huehuecho, Patzcaa, 2014.C-DG.68

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

11-5/8 in

Width

7-3/16 in

Depth

4-3/16 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment