Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Patzcar-Patrón Mask: Wood male mask painted white with heavy black eyebrows, straight black mustache, black chin; almond-shaped eye-holes with black eye-lashes; and with red painted nose, mouth, and cheeks
Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Wood male mask painted white with heavy black eyebrows, straight black mustache, black chin; almond-shaped eye-holes with black eye-lashes; and with red painted nose, mouth, and cheeks

Name/Title

Patzcar-Patrón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.151

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a white face. Two oval cutout eyeholes are under painted black lashes and large, stylized black eyebrows. A red-tipped straight nose is above a black mustache that curls around red cheek circles. The red mouth is parted and above a black goatee. A wire and rope are attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of paint loss and chipping.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Patzcares

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1930 - 1939

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Nahualá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Patron, 2014.C-DG.151

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

5-13/16 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment