Solar Deity Mask | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–900

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

Medium: Ceramic with pigment
Dimensions: 6 7/8 × 6 in. (17.46 × 15.32 cm)
Credit Line: On loan from a Private Collection
Loan number: ILE2016.4.2
Geography: Guatemala, or Mexico
Culture: Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, NY, 1980s
Insurance inventory 7/7/92

Bibliography

Samuel Y Edgerton, The Art of Mesoamerica Before Columbus: Gallery Guide, exh. cat. (Williamstown, Mass.: Williams College Museum of Art, 1993), no. 32

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

masks (costume)

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