Jaguar mask
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Mixtec (attributed)
- Artist/Maker
- Filiberto Lopez Ortiz (Filiberto Lopez), Mixtec
- Previous owner
- Samuel Harvey Lindenbaum, Non-Indian, 1935-2012
- Vivian S. Merrin (Mrs. Edward H. Merrin), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Samuel Harvey Lindenbaum, Non-Indian, 1935-2012
- Vivian S. Merrin (Mrs. Edward H. Merrin), Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Samuel H. Lindenbaum (1935-2012, a prominent New York City real estate lawyer) and Vivian S. Merrin (Mrs. Edward H. Merrin); donated to MAI by Mr. Lindenbaum and Mrs. Merrin in 1974.
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- Date created
- 1955-1965
- Catalog Number
- 24/9150
- Barcode
- 249150.000
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
- Object Name
- Jaguar mask
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 6 x 4 cm
- Place
- probably made in Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico; Santa María Chicometepec (Ometepec); Santa María Huazolotitlán, Jamiltepec District, Costa Region; Oaxaca State; Mexico
- See related items
- Mixtec
- Masks and Masking
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_264665
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6267b004b-a4b0-49fb-b912-be16ff461c69
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