Maskette (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2000–850 BC (Middle Formative period)
- Culture/People
- probably Olmec (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Julia M. Rodezno (Juliana Rodezno/Mrs. J. Rodezno), Non-Indian, 1875-1938
- Seller
- Julia M. Rodezno (Juliana Rodezno/Mrs. J. Rodezno), Non-Indian, 1875-1938
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Julia M. Rodezno (1875-1938, a member of a Guatemalan railroad-building family in partnership with the United Fruit company, which was owned by MAI trustee Minor C. Keith, 1848-1929); purchased by MAI from Julia Rodezno in 1923.
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- Place
- Tecpán Guatemala; Tecpán Guatemala Municipality; Chimaltenango Department, Central Region; Guatemala
- See related items
- Olmec (archaeological culture)
- Masks and Masking
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 12/3688
- Barcode
- 123688.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Object Name
- Maskette (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, polished
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_133058