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Source Description
Many Teotihuacán masks were once tied to something via holes on the back--perhaps a body-shaped form dressed in garments, ornaments, and a headdress that identified the figure. The stone masks’ eyes and mouths once held inlays representing irises, pupils, and teeth.
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Document identity
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121226
label
Mask
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object
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1
Source metadata
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121226
contentType
object
title
Mask
description
Many Teotihuacán masks were once tied to something via holes on the back--perhaps a body-shaped form dressed in garments, ornaments, and a headdress that identified the figure. The stone masks’ eyes and mouths once held inlays representing irises, pupils, and teeth.
date
1–550 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60741608
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Stone
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 19 x 23.2 x 9.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
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Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period
accession
1942.1094
Source extras
tec
greenstone
tombstone
Mask, 1–550 CE. Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period. Greenstone; overall: 19 x 23.2 x 9.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1942.1094
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 362
citation
Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "Veneration of the Dead: Religious Ritual on a Pre-Columbian Mirror-Back." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 9 (1990): 326-51.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 346-47
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:14:45.972000
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121226
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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greenstone
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1
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0
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photo
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