Mask with Large Nose Maker: Unknown

300 B.C.–A.D. 250

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

White slipped ceramic

Dimensions

6 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (16.828 × 17.145 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974

Accession Number

2018.12.5

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Jalisco

Period

Protoclassic Period

Classification

Masks

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Ex-Collection:
Acquired from Throckmorton Fine Art, New York in the late 1990s.
Jack Tanzer, New York
Sotheby's New York, 11-27-28-1984, Lot 87.
Michael C. Robbins, Santa Fe
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 12
  • Sotheby's, New York, Sotheby's African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (November 27–28, 1984), lot 87
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), masks (costume)

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