Virtud (Virtue) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Virtud (Virtue) Mask: Painted wood mask depicting a female with black parted hair, curling at the cheeks; blue inset eyes with eye-holes under curving brows; closed mouth with red lips; and beauty mark on right side of mouth
Virtud (Virtue) Mask

Painted wood mask depicting a female with black parted hair, curling at the cheeks; blue inset eyes with eye-holes under curving brows; closed mouth with red lips; and beauty mark on right side of mouth

Name/Title

Virtud (Virtue) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.222

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a woman with ivory skin and blushed cheeks. The hair is black, parted, and curls at the cheeks. Painted blue eyes and cutout eyeholes for the wearer underneath curled eyebrows. A large, straight nose is above a closed red mouth. There is a beauty mark on the right side of the mouth. A blue wire is attached to the back of the mask. Various signs of paint loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de los 24 Diablos (Dance of 24 Devils)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Ladino People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1949

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Town

Ciudad Vieja, Sacatepéquez

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

Ladino

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Woman, Personification, 2014.C-DG.222

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

6 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso