Malinche Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Malinche Mask: Wooden mask depicting a woman with a smile highlighted by red lips and a row of white teeth, almond-shaped eye holes with gold under-lashes, and crowned with gold hair swept upward.
Malinche Mask

Wooden mask depicting a woman with a smile highlighted by red lips and a row of white teeth, almond-shaped eye holes with gold under-lashes, and crowned with gold hair swept upward.

Name/Title

Malinche Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.114

Description

A life-sized triangular wood mask depicting a woman with ivory skin and subtle pink blush accents on the forehead, nose, and cheeks. The hair is gold and decorated with incised lines. Painted gold eyebrows are above two cutout eyeholes for the wearer and another set of cutout eyeholes lined with gold lashes. A large straight nose is above a smiling red mouth with white teeth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1980 - 1989

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Chichicastenango

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Woman, 2014.C-DG.114

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-5/8 in

Width

7-3/8 in

Depth

5-5/16 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso