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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 CE
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 13.4 x 12.8 x 6.7 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
  • Provenance: Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1950, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.409
  • Medium: stone
  • Fun Fact: These stone masks have been found near temples, but not in homes or burials.
  • Department: Art of the Americas
  • Culture: Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic period
  • Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
  • Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
  • Accession Number: 1950.409

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