Mask with Inlaid Teeth

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Mask with Inlaid Teeth

Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, 200–600 CE
Stone
Stone with shell inlay
6 3/8 × 6 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (16.19 × 15.88 × 6.35 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1996.146.50)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot. Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1994.

Exhibition history

  • Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation Los Angeles, CA, Charles White Elementary School, December 21, 2019 - July 11, 2020