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Head/mask pendant

Veracruz, 800-1199

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Veracruz

Head/mask pendant

Veracruz, 800-1199

Physical Qualities Stone, 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (6.4 × 5 × 3.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCavitt, Plantation, Florida
Object Number 1993.367
Black youth bearing cap with single horn/protuberance. Appears to be the head of a larger sculpture or it may have been suspended like a mask over another statue (see openings below cap at back).

Culture

Veracruz

2000–2000

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