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Mask Pendant
Mask Pendant
Datec. 200-650 CE
MediumJadeite / greenstone
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in. (4.4 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard H. Griffiths, Class of 1957
Object number2007.6.1
Not on view
DescriptionSmall-scale carving in the form of a human face with holes through the temples on each side, likely for wearing or hanging as a pendant. Form and style is very similar to larger Teotihuacan Masks from the Teotihuacan Classical Period (c. 200-650 CE), widely believed to have been used for public funerary purposes.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no catalog).

2010
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Look Up. Visions of Earth-Sky: Mesoamerica and the Cosmos," January 18 - April 18, 2010. (no cat.).
Provenance 2007: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Richard H. Griffiths;
by 1995 - 2007: Richard H. Griffiths, by inheritance from Edith Grant Griffiths;
after 1962 - no later than 1995: Edith Grant Griffiths, by inheritance from Edith Root Grant;
after 1937 - 1962: Edith Root Grant, by inheritance from Elihu Root;
? - 1937: Elihu Root.
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