Gracejo (Joker) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Gracejo (Joker) Mask: Carved wooden mask depicting a male with green encircling the eye holes and across the chin; red paint accenting the nose, mouth, ears, and cheeks; brown painted hair curled above the forehead, all sitting atop a fabric collar
Gracejo (Joker) Mask

Carved wooden mask depicting a male with green encircling the eye holes and across the chin; red paint accenting the nose, mouth, ears, and cheeks; brown painted hair curled above the forehead, all sitting atop a fabric collar

Name/Title

Gracejo (Joker) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.36

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a comical man with a rose-pink complexion and red blush accents on the forehead, nose, large ears, and cheeks. The hair is parted, brown, and curled Slanted brown eyebrows are over two sets of cutout eyeholes, one outlined with green. A straight nose is above an open red mouth showing two rows of white and gold teeth and a protruding red tongue. A white fabric collar is under the green chin. A wire and rope are attached to the back of the mask. The cloth is detaching, and the paint is cracking.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Moros y Cristianos

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kekchi 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

Cobán, Alta Verpaz

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

Kekchi People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Mox, 2014.C-DG.36, Fool, Joker, Gracejo

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-5/16 in

Width

10-5/8 in

Depth

5-13/16 in

Material

Wood, Cloth, Pigment, Gesso