Mask

2017-23-8

From: Coastal Ecuador | Coastal Colombia

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2017-23-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tumaco-La Tolita
Provenience Coastal Ecuador | Coastal Colombia
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 500 BCE - 500 CE
Section American
Materials Clay
Description

Crude clay mask in human/animal form with large flat ears, open smiling mouth showing teeth, open eyes, and curved beak nose. Holes at ear lobes. Unglazed, creamy white in color.

Height 26.7 cm
Width 29.8 cm
Depth 11.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Lewis Heafitz and the Heafitz family, 2017
Other Number C-29 - Collector Number

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