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Mask
Its weight and lack of eye openings make it unlikely that this stone object was worn on a human face.
- Recorded culture
- Teotihuacan
- Place
- Mexico
- Date
- 300–600 CE
- Materials
- Travertine
What the record supports
Scholars have proposed that Teotihuacan stone masks were attached to sculptures or bundles. The Met presents these as interpretations rather than a settled identification of use.