Maskette
- Date created
- AD 200-600 (Classic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Teotihuacán (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous seller
- Spink and Son, Ltd., 1666-
- Previous owner
- José Mariano Sánchez y Mora (3rd Condé [Count] De Penasco), Non-Indian, 1777-1845
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José Mariano Sánchez y Mora (1777-1845, 3rd Condé [Count] de Peñasco), a Mexican soldier, politician, and noted collector of antiquities; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1909 from Spink and Son, Ltd. (a London, England, auction house); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman, in 1910.
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- Place
- Tlatelolco; Federal District; Mexico
- Geographical Areas
- Valley of Mexico
- See related items
- Teotihuacán (archaeological culture)
- Masks and Masking
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/6607
- Barcode
- 026607.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Object Name
- Maskette
- Media/Materials
- Greenstone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Dimensions
- 28 x 28 x 11 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_28254