Mask with Incised Design in Epi-Olmec Script Artist: Unknown

300 B.C.–A.D. 250

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Incised and black slipped ceramic

Dimensions

4 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (11.75 × 8.89 × 6.35 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2018.12.20

Geography

Chiapas, Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Chiapas, Izapa

Period

Protoclassic

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Ex-collection, Arno Leoff, Eduardo Uhardt, David Bramhall, acquired prior to 1982
William B. O'Boyle , New York, acquired 2/22/82
Acquired from Judith Nash, NYC in the 1990s
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 12
  • Samuel Y Edgerton, Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Aztec-Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica, exh. cat. (Northhampton, Mass.: Smith College Museum of Art, 1986), no. 16
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, masks (costume)

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