Tecún Umán Mask
Tecún Umán Mask
Carved and painted wooden male mask with a dark face; inset brown with eyelashes beneath them and additional eyeholes under black brows; black hair, mustache, and curled sideburns; red-trimmed open mouth with teeth; and with two green birds on either side of the forehead
Name/Title
Tecún Umán MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.266Description
A life-sized diamond face-shaped wood mask depicting a man with a chestnut brown complexion and blush accents on cheeks and nose. The mask has curly black carved hair that leads into sideburns. The hair is decorated with two green birds. There are two inset glass light brown eyes with black eyelashes beneath and dark brown shading around the eyes. The cutout eyeholes for the wearer are under black eyebrows. The mouth is parted with red lips and white teeth. A parted black mustache is under a hooked nose. Incised lines on the forehead and mouth depict wrinkles. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask. The mask is in excellent condition.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de la Conquista (Dance of the Conquest)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Tomás Canil MejíaAttribution
Attributed toRole
ArtistDate made
1990Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya