Unknown Central and South American
Mask

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureOlmec

Titles

Mask

Date1500–300 BC

MediumJade

DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 5 3/8 in. (15 × 13.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2012.380

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

COINS & MEDALS

ProvenanceJay C. Leff (1925–2000), Uniontown, PA, by the mid 1960s; Private collection, USA; [Ancient Art of the New World, New York, until 2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition HistoryPrecolumbian Art of Mesoamerica from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 13 - April 2, 1972

Ancient Art of Middle America, Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection, Huntington Galleries, February 17 - June 9, 1974

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