Mask

A.D. 200–900

Ceramic

17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Gift of the Olsen Foundation

1958.15.12

Geography:

Guatemala

or geography Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico or Guatemala, possibly Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya

Period:

Early Classic to Late Classic Period

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Alfred Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, March 1, 1957; Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1958 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography:

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992).

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 133–34, 291, no. 296, fig. 146.

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