DepartmentLatin America
Mask, Tecun Uman for Dance of the Conquest
NameMask
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date1950s-1960s
Place madeGuatemala, Central America
MediumWood, paint, twine
Dimensions6 11/16 × 6 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (17 × 16 × 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Friends of Folk Art, Folk Art Flea Market, A.2016.4.3
Object numberA.2016.4.3
DescriptionThe face is dark brown with green hair and moustache. Red and brown headdress with two carved quetzal birds with long red, stylized tails that parallel hairline and sideburns. Drilled extra set of holes to hold twine. Hole drilled into top center of mask (a little off center).
Artist Not Recorded
Artist Not Recorded
