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Mask by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

Mask

Mask

295–905

Medium: Carved
Dimensions: 21.7 × 14.3 × 14 cm (8 9/16 × 5 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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mexican

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Long narrow stylized scaphoid forehead; pupils of eyes drilled out; mouth open; tongue shows; nose delineated by incised lines of cheeks. Head-dress indicated; rear deeply hollowed, with six holes for tie strings.

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