Unknown Central and South American
Mask with Goggle-Eyes

CultureMixtec
Titles
  • Mask with Goggle-Eyes
Date300–600 AD
PlaceNorth Of The Balsas River, Guerrero, Mexico
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 × 6 × 2 1/2 in. (17.5 × 15.2 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number87.77
Not on view

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Provenance[Shango Galleries, Dallas, until 1987]; purchased by MFAH, 1987.
Exhibition History"Faces of Eternity: Masks of the Pre- Columbian Americas,", America Society, New York, NY, Sep 11 - Dec 21, 1991, Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Australia, Jan 1 - Apr 1, 1992, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, May 19 - Aug 30, 1992, Springfield Fine Arts Museum, Springfield MA, Nov 7, 1992 - Jan 3, 1993 (LN:91.12)

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