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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1241
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Mask
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico
Culture
Aztec
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229803

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Onyx
Dimensions
24 x 15.1 x 7.7 cm (9 7/16 x 5 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
without base: 11.91 x 10.48 x 7.94 cm (4 11/16 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, January, 1941, cat. no. N 3299, sold;] to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1241
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 7

Exhibition History

  • Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944
  • The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

Verification Level

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