Tecún Umán Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Tucún Umán Mask: Carved wood face mask with stylized hair, sideburns, and mustache; large nose; brown eyes made from nuts set in white pigment; and an parted mouth with a row of straight teeth.
Tucún Umán Mask

Carved wood face mask with stylized hair, sideburns, and mustache; large nose; brown eyes made from nuts set in white pigment; and an parted mouth with a row of straight teeth.

Name/Title

Tecún Umán Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.73

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a man with dark umber skin. The mask has black carved hair that leads into sideburns. Two cutout eyeholes for the wearer are above two inset brown eyes. A straight nose is above a parted mustache and a closed mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de la Conquista (Dance and the Conquest)

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

City

Chichicastenango

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Tecun Uman, 2014.C-DG.73

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

7 in

Depth

5-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso