Unknown Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Mask: Carved wood male mask painted red with almond-shaped eye holes, long straight nose, closed mouth, and cleft chin. Black pigment is used for painted eyebrows, line eye holes, and goatee around the mouth.
Unknown Mask

Carved wood male mask painted red with almond-shaped eye holes, long straight nose, closed mouth, and cleft chin. Black pigment is used for painted eyebrows, line eye holes, and goatee around the mouth.

Name/Title

Unknown Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.9

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a human figure. Cutout almond-shaped eyeholes on either side of a long nose. The nose is above a closed mouth. Incised lines create wrinkles. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1970 - 1979

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

man, 2014.C-DG.9

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/16 in

Width

6 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment