Maximón Mask 2014.C-DG.34

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Maximón Mask: Painted male face mask with lash-fringed glass eyes, large angular nose, and with black hair, mustache and beard.
Maximón Mask

Painted male face mask with lash-fringed glass eyes, large angular nose, and with black hair, mustache and beard.

Name/Title

Maximón Mask 2014.C-DG.34

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.034

Description

A life-sized oval wood mask depicting a man with a light walnut brown complexion. Black eyebrows are over glass eyes outlined with black eyelashes. A large angular nose is above a black parted mustache and a wide cutout mouth. There is black hair and a black beard. A wire is attached to the back.

Use

Performance

Context

Baile de Maximón

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

Maximon, 2014.C-DG.034

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

8-11/16 in

Width

6-3/16 in

Depth

4-7/8 in

Material

Glass, Wood, Pigment