Diablo (Devil) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Diablo (Devil) Mask: Wooden geometrically carved mask, painted red, with rectangular eye-holes; black horns and upright ears; and with black across the mouth, with extended black tongue and black chin
Diablo (Devil) Mask

Wooden geometrically carved mask, painted red, with rectangular eye-holes; black horns and upright ears; and with black across the mouth, with extended black tongue and black chin

Name/Title

Diablo (Devil) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.136

Description

A large rectangular wood mask depicting a figure with an apple-red complexion. Two large black horns and ears are attached to the forehead. A large brow is above two cutout square eyeholes. The straight nose is above a large black mouth with a protruding black tongue. A large black chin extends from the face. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of paint loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Judas (Dance of Judas)

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

* Untyped Cultural Region

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Luzbel (Lucifer), 2014.C-DG.136

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Depth

7 in

Material

Wood, Rubber, Metal, Pigment, Gesso