Mask

Mask

Public Domain

Mask
CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Mask
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 4 × 3 7/8 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Isabel B. Wilson in honor of Alice Pratt Brown
Object number2008.479
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceAlice Pratt Brown (1902–1984), Houston, 1960s–until d. 1984; by inheritance to her daughter, Isabel B. Wilson (1931–2012), Houston, 1984–1994; given to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label on back: CF / 34.1

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Image Not Available for Untitled
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