Vaquero Mask
Vaquero Mask
Carved wood male mask with pink face, brown hair over forehead, and small, parted brown mustache
Name/Title
Vaquero MaskEntry/Object ID
2014.C-DG.030Description
A life-sized square wood mask depicting a man with a rouge pink complexion. Carved brown hair. Two sets of cutout eyeholes. A small nose is above a parted brown mustache and a closed mouth. A copper wire is attached to the back of the mask. Various paint chipping and scuff marks.Use
PerformanceContext
Baile de los Tunes (Dance of the Drums)Collection
Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
K’iche’ PeopleAttribution
Attributed toRole
MakerDate made
circa 1970 - 1979Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
GuatemalaRegion
Central AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
* Untyped Cultural Region
San Bernardino, SuchitepéquezCulture/Tribe
K'iché People
Maya