Huitzitzil Tzunum mask

NameMask

Artist Artist not recorded

Dateca. 1940

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

MediumWood, paint, metal

Dimensions7 7/8 × 7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (20 × 18 × 23 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Eleanor Bender Joseph, A.2015.23.31

Object numberA.2015.23.31

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWooden mask of Mayan deity. Multi-colored headdress surrounds face and rosy breasted bird carved into top of headdress. Face is brown with red liips. Extra set of eye holes carved out above the eyes. Vertical furrow on forehead and hadlebar mustache curving back into mask.