Vaquero Mask
Vaquero Mask
Wood male mask ornately decorated with elaborated gold coiffure encircled by a flower crown, curled gold sideburns and mustaches, and blue glass eyes accented by heavy black eyebrows and exaggerated eyelashes.
Name/Title
Vaquero MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.041Description
A life-sized round wood mask depicting a man with an ivory complexion and peach blush accents on the nose and cheeks. Gold hair that goes into curled sideburns and is decorated with flowers. Black-painted eyebrows are above two cutout eyeholes for the wearer and inset blue eyes are outlined with black lashes. A straight nose is above a parted gold mustache and a slightly open mouth with white teeth. A wire and an orange string are attached to the back.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile del ToritoCollection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1980 - 1989Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
City
ChichicastenangoCountry
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya