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This piece was found inside a cave in the state of Guerrero by unsuspecting explorers. The highly standardized mask is typical of Teotihuacan style: hundreds like it have been found, although few are as well preserved. Some scholars have suggested these masks may have been used as faces on mortuary bundles.


Mask
Teotihuacan
Early Classic (300-550 A.D.)
State of Guerrero
Stone with turquoise, shell and obsidian applications
21.7 x 21 cm.
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.

Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara