Mask
Unknown Artist
1–550 CE
Medium
greenstone
Dimensions
19 × 23.2 × 9.8 cm
Classification
Stone
Department
Art of the Americas
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1942.1094
About this artwork
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.