Unknown Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Unknown Face Mask: Wood face mask with stylized pointed hair across the forehead and long sideburns, open eye holes, pink cheeks and darkened chin denoting male characteristic
Unknown Face Mask

Wood face mask with stylized pointed hair across the forehead and long sideburns, open eye holes, pink cheeks and darkened chin denoting male characteristic

Name/Title

Unknown Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.74

Description

A life-sized circular wood mask depicting a man with a coffee-brown complexion. The black hair is pointed across the forehead and connects to the sideburns. Two cutout eyeholes are under an overhanging brow. A small nose is above a small, closed mouth. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Overall signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

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

Unknown

Culture/Tribe

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

2014.C-DG.74

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-1/8 in

Width

7-3/16 in

Depth

5 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment