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Human Face Mask100–500 CE

Not on view
Small stone mask carved from pale white stone with rusty discoloration, showing simplified facial features with slotted eyes containing drilled holes, a broad nose, and a grooved mouth
Carved stone mask in pale green and cream serpentine or alabaster, frontal face with smoothly polished surfaces, horizontal slit eyes and mouth each pierced with small drilled holes, flat top and squared sides.

Unknown, Human Face Mask, 100–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Human Face Mask
Culture
Mezcala
Place Made
Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
100–500 CE
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
Height: 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.2001.212.33
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas