Mask | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1242
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Mask
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 3rd-7th century
Culture: Mexican
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229897

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Hard green and black serpentine
Dimensions: 14.29 x 12.7 x 6.67 cm (5 5/8 x 5 x 2 5/8 in.)
with base: 14.76 x 12.7 x 6.67 cm (5 13/16 x 5 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, January 31, 1931, sold*;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

*Cat. no. N2882.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1242

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 8

Exhibition History

Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944

Verification Level

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1943.1242: Mask