id: 126816
accession number: 1949.21
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.21
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Small Mask Ornament, c. 900–300 BC. Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC. 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
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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
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culture: Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC
technique: jadeite
department: Art of the Americas
collection: AA - Mesoamerica
type: Jade
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measurements: Overall: 6.8 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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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."
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PROVENANCE
Brummer Collection
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Brummer Collection
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Side and overhead views of a shaft tomb. Photo from Ancient West Mexico, p. 41, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998
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RELATED WORKS
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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
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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