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Many Teotihuacán masks were once tied to something via holes on the back--perhaps a body-shaped form dressed in garments, ornaments, and a headdress that identified the figure. The stone masks’ eyes and mouths once held inlays representing irises, pupils, and teeth.
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- Title: Mask
- Date Created: 1-550
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 15.7 x 15.3 x 7.9 cm (6 3/16 x 6 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: (D’Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, 1960, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener), James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.229
- Medium: stone
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic Period
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Accession Number: 1990.229
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