Miniature Mask | Yale University Art Gallery

1200–400 B.C.

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.53 × 8.26 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, B.A. 1962
Accession Number: 2019.10.1
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Gulf Coast, Olmec
Period: Early to Middle Formative
Classification: Masks
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Provenance

Ex-Collection of Pierre Matisse

Bibliography

Sotheby's France, Paris, Le Soleil de Nuit : Trésors Précolombiens d‘une Grande Collection Française, sale cat. (October 30, 2019), 66–69, no. 23, lot 23

Sotheby's, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art; Including Property from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, sale cat. (May 13, 2011), 60, lot 171, passed, withdrawn or unsold on auction date, ill

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Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, human figures (visual works), masks (costume)

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