The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 27, 2023

Small Mask Ornament

c. 900–300 BC

Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC

Jadeite

Overall: 6.8 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.21

Location

233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region

Description

Side and overhead views of a shaft tomb. Photo from Ancient West Mexico, p. 41, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

Provenance
Brummer Collection
Brummer Collection
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 369 archive.org
Exhibition history

Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade" cat. no. 6, pg. 17, no repr.

Palm Beach, Florida: Society of the Four Arts; January 9-31, 1953. "Ancient American Art."

Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17- December 12, 1958. cat. no. 332, pg. 46, no. repr. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. cat. no. 37. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. cat. no. 22. Holland: The Hague; June 1- July 31, 1959. no. cat. Berlin, Germany: Academie der Kunst; October 3- November 22, 1959. cat. no. 47. Circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.21