Cara con Quetzal = Face with Bird

93-13-83

From: Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

Object Title Cara con Quetzal = Face with Bird
Object Number 93-13-83
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan
Provenience Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Date Made 1960's
Section American
Materials Paint | Wood
Technique Carved | Painted
Iconography Face | Bird
Description

Cara con quetzal. Pink feminine face with four-parted sideburns and moustache. Wavy gold hair with green bird (red heart on chest) and two green circular flowers. Long thin paint on brows, black lashes and golden teeth.

Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Hill II, 1993
Other Number TB - Other Number

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