SculptureOlmec19th-20th century

Mask

19th-20th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Black serpentine

Culture

Olmec

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

16.5 x 16 x 9 cm (6 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.) with base: 23 x 16 x 9 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, May 1938, cat. N4342, sold;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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