Lot Essay
For a similar example, see Elizabeth Easby, Ancient Art in Latin America, Brooklyn Museum, 1966, no. 33
SOLD BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
A CHONTAL STONE MASK
Details
A CHONTAL STONE MASK
LATE PRECLASSIC, CIRCA 300-100 B.C.
The face of square form rounded at edges, pierced mouth and eyes, raised rounded cheeks, triangular nose, horizontal ridged eyebrows, speckled greenstone (metadiorite)
7in. (7.8cm.) high
LATE PRECLASSIC, CIRCA 300-100 B.C.
The face of square form rounded at edges, pierced mouth and eyes, raised rounded cheeks, triangular nose, horizontal ridged eyebrows, speckled greenstone (metadiorite)
7in. (7.8cm.) high
Literature
Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin, Nov. 1931, p. 112
Exhibited
Kohler Arts Center, Milwaukee, April, May 1969
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Sept. Oct. 1969
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Sept. Oct. 1969