Mask
2017-23-8
From: Coastal Ecuador | Coastal Colombia
Curatorial Section: American
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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