Mask

93-13-87

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 93-13-87
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cloth | Glass | Wood | Paint
Technique Painted
Iconography Male Face?
Description

Flesh colored male (?) face - no hair, blue painted under mouth/chin symbolic of bear, gold brows, black cloth for lashes over right eye, red lips, 2 glass eyes - very goffy and dirty. Pink on cheeks, nose and ears. Some infestation inside nose area

Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Hill II, 1993

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