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Mask
Date:
1st–5th century
Geography:
Colombia or Ecuador
Culture:
Tolita-Tumaco
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Height 3-7/8 in.
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Gift of Joyce R. Strauss, 1994
Accession Number:
1994.389.7
Not on view
Provenance
Joyce R. Strauss, Solana Beach, CA, until 1994
Timeline of Art History (2000-present)
Timelines
Northern Andes, 1-500A.D.
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (11,993)
Object Type / Material
Ceramics (29,689)
Maskettes (8)
Sculpture (25,866)
Geographic Location
Colombia (378)
South America (4,473)
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