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Elongated Mask Ornament, c. 900–300 BCE

Elongated Mask Ornament

c. 900–300 BCE · Sculpture

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Room233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region

On public display.

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Source
The museum
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About the sculpture

Small masks made of precious media-especially greenstone, which Mesoamerican people valued above most other materials-likely served as elements of Olmec elite regalia. Such masks commonly depict human faces, although it is unclear whether the creature shown on this unusual example is human or supernatural. It may be a late work.

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Particulars

Accession number
1967.154

In the catalog

SculptureBefore 1400Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec

Sources

In the same room · 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Museum page
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