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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
- Totonac?
- Zapotec?
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
Fernando Sologuren
(ca. 1890)
Seller
Porfirio Aguirre
(1927)
Collector
Mrs. Elsie McDougall
(1927)
Donor
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1937)
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