Patrona for Danza del Patzcar mask

NameMask

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeGuatemala, Central America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions7 5/16 × 5 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (18.5 × 13.1 × 6.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Douglas Greene and Miriam Smith, A.2017.12.15

Object numberA.2017.12.15

DescriptionWooden mask depicting a human face. Skin is painted a pale, cream color, the hair, eyebrows, and outlines of the eyes are black. The cheeks, lips and tip of the nose are painted red in solid shapes (circles on the cheeks, a triangle on the nose, a crescent on the frowning lips). The hair has a curl in the center of the head. Above the eyes are two rectangular holes.