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Object Number 37-4-20/4891
Display Title Serpentine mask
Descriptions
Object Description Mask, serpentine
Inventory Description Ground stone, ornament, mask, carved anthropomorphic face, incised, perforated
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Zapotec?
  • Totonac?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Veracruz
Additional Geographic Terms Panuco region; Huaxtec region
Materials Greenstone
Dimensions Overall: 19.3 x 13 x 11.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-4-20/4891 & L-10-1
Credit Line Gift of Dr. A. M. Tozzer, 1937
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Elsie McDougall (1927)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1937)

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