id: 126816 accession number: 1949.21 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.21 updated: 2023-12-05 05:18:22.597000 Small Mask Ornament, c. 900–300 BC. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec. Jadeite; overall: 6.8 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.21 title: Small Mask Ornament title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 900–300 BC creation date earliest: -900 creation date latest: -300 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec technique: jadeite department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Jade find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 6.8 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade" cat. no. 6, pg. 17, no repr. * Palm Beach, Florida: Society of the Four Arts; January 9-31, 1953. "Ancient American Art." * Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17- December 12, 1958. cat. no. 332, pg. 46, no. repr. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. cat. no. 37. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. cat. no. 22. Holland: The Hague; June 1- July 31, 1959. no. cat. Berlin, Germany: Academie der Kunst; October 3- November 22, 1959. cat. no. 47. Circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America." --- PROVENANCE Brummer Collection date: footnotes: citations: Brummer Collection date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 369 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n70 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.21/1949.21_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.21/1949.21_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.21/1949.21_full.tif