Diablo (Devil) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Diablo (Devil) Mask: Red painted wood mask with pointed horns; large, black, rubber upright ears; close-set eye-holes with concentric wrinkles below; a small circular mirror beside the right eye; and open mouth with white fangs and extended black rubber tongue.
Diablo (Devil) Mask

Red painted wood mask with pointed horns; large, black, rubber upright ears; close-set eye-holes with concentric wrinkles below; a small circular mirror beside the right eye; and open mouth with white fangs and extended black rubber tongue.

Name/Title

Diablo (Devil) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.131

Description

A long rectangular wood mask depicting a figure with a scarlet-red complexion. Two large scarlet-red horns and black ears are attached to the forehead. Two close-set cutout eyeholes are under square scarlet-red eyebrows and above concentric incised wrinkles. A long, curved nose above a large scarlet-red mustache and mouth with protruding white fangs and black tongue. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment 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.131

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

15-1/2 in

Width

9-5/16 in

Depth

6-3/16 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Gesso, Metal, Rubber