Vaquero Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Vaquero Mask
Vaquero Mask

Carved wood mask painted red depicting a male with black eyebrows, a mustache, and a jutting beard. Eye holes are carved beneath heavy brows. Long rectangular nose with mustache over slit like mouth. Diagonal stripes black and red stripes on the forehead.

Name/Title

Vaquero Mask

Entry/Object ID

2014.C-DG.008

Description

A life-sized rectangular wood mask depicting a man with black and red details. Black lines on the forehead and black eyebrows are above cutout eyeholes. A long nose is above a black mustache and an open mouth. There is a black beard. A wire is attached to the back of the mask. Some signs of pigment loss.

Use

Performance

Context

Unknown

Collection

Campbell-Dowdey Guatemalan Mask Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

K’iche’ People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1960 - 1969

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guatemala

Region

Central America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Samayac, Suchitepéquez

Culture/Tribe

K'iché People
Maya

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Cowboy, Man, 2014.C-DG.008, Vaquero

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Gesso, Pigment