Torito (Bull) Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Torito (Bull) Mask: Small carved wood mask in the form of a bull's head with a large snout, stylized eyes, forward pointing horns with a large metal bells between them and bedecked with pink ribbons.
Torito (Bull) Mask

Small carved wood mask in the form of a bull's head with a large snout, stylized eyes, forward pointing horns with a large metal bells between them and bedecked with pink ribbons.

Name/Title

Torito (Bull) Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.19

Description

A small square wood mask depicting a stylized, polychrome bull. Two large striped horns protrude from the forehead and have a metal bell attached with brown rope. A watermelon-pink lace ribbon drapes the horns, and another is attached with a ring between the two nostrils. Two cutout rectangular eyeholes are above black eyes outlined with white and red. The white nose has red nostrils and a small mouth. A wire is attached to the back. Some signs of pigment loss.

Use

Folk Dance Performance

Context

Baile de Patzcares

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

Nahualá, Sololá

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Cow, 2014.C-DG.19, bull, torito

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

13-1/2 in

Width

6 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Fabric, Metal, Pigment