Mask

Mask

Public Domain

Mask
CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Mask
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceMexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions6 1/8 × 5 3/8 × 3 in. (15.6 × 13.7 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Samuel Merrin in honor of Frances and Peter Marzio
Object number2003.312
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceJean-Louis Sonnery (1920–1995), Paris, by at least 1983 {1}; Samuel Merrin, New York, until 2003; given to MFAH, 2003.

[1] Report on thermoluminescence analysis dated, August 4, 1983.

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