Mask

date

200 - 750

creation place

North America, Mexico, Mexico

medium & support

Onyx

measurements

9 3/8 x 9 x 8 1/8 in. (23.83 x 22.86 x 20.65 cm)

credit line

David T. Owsley Collection

accession number

L2013.002.000

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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