Dance Mask for the Carnival of Lent

Unknown Guatemalan, Guatemalan

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collected in 1940

Wood, glass, and paint

Overall: 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (20 × 20 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Charles H. Tozier, Class of 1933P

40.26.7359

Geography

Place Made: Guatemala, Central America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Charles Herman Tozier (1875-1947); given to present collection, 1940.

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