DepartmentLatin America
Huitzitzil Tzunum mask
NameMask
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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
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.
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