Mask (1–550 CE): Art, History and Details
Mask at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1–550 CE, ceramic, slip. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Mask (1–550 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Many Teotihuacán masks were once tied to something via holes on the back--perhaps a body-shaped form dressed in garments, ornaments, and a headdress that identified the figure. The stone masks’ eyes and mouths once held inlays representing irises, pupils, and teeth.
Object facts
- Title: Mask
- Date: 1–550 CE
- Culture: Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: ceramic, slip
- Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 18.1 x 5.7 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1921.1701
Collection credit
Gift of Edward B. Greene
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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