Mujer (Woman) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Mujer (Woman) Mask: Female wood face mask with black hair and heavy eyebrows, brown eyes, high cheek bones, a pronounced nose, and a red open mouth
Mujer (Woman) Mask

Female wood face mask with black hair and heavy eyebrows, brown eyes, high cheek bones, a pronounced nose, and a red open mouth

Name/Title

Mujer (Woman) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.20

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a woman with an ivory complexion and light peach blush accents on cheeks, forehead, and chin. The hair is black and goes down onto the cheeks. Black eyebrows are over cutout eyeholes for the wearer and painted black eyes outlined with blue. A concave nose is above an open red mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Various signs of scratches and paint chipping.

Use

Folk Dance 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

Verapaces, Guatemala

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.20, Mujer, Woman

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Fabric, Pigment