Mask with head-dress
Life Story
Provenance
Acquired by the Wellcome institute in 1931 from a sale in Paris of the ethnographic collections formerly belonging to surrealist writers Paul Eluard and Andre Breton.
Donated to the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia by the Wellcome Trust in 1981.
Not on display
Title/Description: Mask with head-dress
Object Type: Mask
Materials: Ceramic
Measurements: h. 77 x w. 58 x d. 39 mm (h. 140 x w. 112 x d. 85 mm with plinth)
Inscription: lot no. 285 on label
Accession Number: 40101
Production Place: Mesoamerica, Mexico, The Americas, Tlatilco
Credit Line: Donated by the Wellcome Trust, 1981
