Mask

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Mask

Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Olmec, 1000–600 BCE
Stone
Jadeite with traces of cinnabar
4 × 3 × 2 in. (10.16 × 7.62 × 5.08 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1992.134.2)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Berrin, Kathleen, and Virginia M. Fields, eds. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
  • Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.