Mask
60-14-72
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 60-14-72 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | gritty paste, panted white on both surfaces? mold made with concave back and finished edges, broad triangular human face, two holes at eith er side of forehead, features modeled except for nose detail is not clear and inlow relief, eyes have perforatios for eyeballs, open mouth Cf. Drucker's Type IX masks and maskettes |
Length | 10 cm |
Width | 11.3 cm |
Thickness | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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