Cerdo Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Cerdo Mask: Wooden animal mask with a long snout, open mouth, and extended tongue; small upright yellow ears; and small inset plastic marble eyes with additional circular eye-holes between the ears.
Cerdo Mask

Wooden animal mask with a long snout, open mouth, and extended tongue; small upright yellow ears; and small inset plastic marble eyes with additional circular eye-holes between the ears.

Name/Title

Cerdo Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.148

Description

A medium-sized circular mask depicting a blush-red pig. There are inset plastic brown eyes and two circular cutout eyeholes for the wearer. There is a long snout with an open mouth and an extended tongue at the end. Small upright canary-yellow ears protrude from the head. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of paint loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Animales (Dance of the Animals)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Animal, Pig, Swine, Javelina, 2014.C-DG.148

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

6-1/4 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Plastic, Fabric, Gesso