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

Collections

Latin America

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).