[Aztlan] Mexican Mask - Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt

[michael ruggeri]

Martin,

It is a mask of wood, stucco and paint with a necklace of the same  
material. The design is  very typical Teotihuacan. Anyone familiar  
with the Teo mask style would know it was a Teo mask. It is at the  
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. You can find a picture of it on  
their web page at;
http://search3.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?keywords=Teotihuacan&artist=&country=&period=&sort=&start=11

A tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/ne2dbs

Mike Ruggeri



On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Schultz, Martin wrote:

> Dear group,
>
> Long after my first mail concerning a possibly archaeological wooden  
> mask from Mexico we received the color analysis results. As we were  
> not able to interpret these ourselves we had to wait for further  
> descriptions. The red colour is definitely a mineral color, possible  
> hematite.
> A C14 analsis is now going to follow in September, so that in  
> November latest we will know whether or not the mask is old.
>
> Has anybody seen the Teotihuacan mask mentioned in Berrin and  
> Pasztory, 1993 (Teotihuacán: Art from the city of the gods) and  
> could eventualy provide me with the given information and image (cat.no 
> . 38, ill.page 84) of it?
>
> Looking forward to any comments.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Martin Schultz, M.A.
>
> Research Associate
> American Cultures Department
>
> Museum der Weltkulturen
> Schaumainkai 29-37
> 60594 Frankfurt
>
> Tel.: *49  69  212 30397
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