Patzcar Patrón Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Patzcar Patrón Mask: Wood male mask with black painted face and gold "flame" eyebrows and full beard. Eyes and mouth carved as open and lips are painted a dark red. Eyebrows, nose, and beard carved with linear decoration.
Patzcar Patrón Mask

Wood male mask with black painted face and gold "flame" eyebrows and full beard. Eyes and mouth carved as open and lips are painted a dark red. Eyebrows, nose, and beard carved with linear decoration.

Name/Title

Patzcar Patrón Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.44

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with a black face. Two cutout eyeholes are under large stylized tan eyebrows. A curved nose is above a slightly open red mouth and a large stylized tan beard. A wire is attached to the back of the mask.

Use

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 1970 - 1979

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

Patron, Patzcar, 2014.C-DG.44

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

7-3/8 in

Depth

4-1/4 in

Material

Gesso, Wood, Pigment