Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Black stained wooden mask with smiling face, triangular nose, heavy brow, and almond shaped eye holes.
Unknown Mask

Black stained wooden mask with smiling face, triangular nose, heavy brow, and almond shaped eye holes.

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.49

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a figure with a black complexion. A set of cutout eyeholes and a triangular nose above a smiling mouth. A wire is attached to the back.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

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

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.49

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Stain