Funerary Mask

date

450-559

creation place

North America, Mexico, Mexico

medium & support

Carved jade

measurements

5 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (13.34 x 12.07 x 6.65 cm)

credit line

David T. Owsley Collection

accession number

L1991.052.004

keywords

burial rites, civilization, clothes, clothing, corpse, costume, culture, death, death-mask, disguise, family, mask, materiality, Mesoamerican, mortuary toilet, Native Americans, non-Christian religion, offspring, Pre-Columbian, religion, rite, society, supernatural, toilet (making)

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