Feline Mouth Mask and Bangles | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 100–400

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

Medium: Hammered gold
Credit Line: Gift of Margaret S. and Linus Travers, B.A. 1958, M.A.T. 1959, from the collection of Arnold F. Strauss, M.D.
Accession Number: 2018.71.25
Geography: Central Andes, Peru
Culture: Central Andes, South Coast, Nasca
Period: Early Intermediate Period
Classification: Masks
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Provenance

ex-collection: Arnold F. Strauss, M.D, 1902 – 1965

Bibliography

"Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2018), 100, ill

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 13

Wendell C. Bennett, Ancient Arts of the Andes (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966), 121, fig. 139

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Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, bangles, ceremonial objects, masks (costume)

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