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Maskette
(Ancient Americas )
Tlatilco was a small village located on the outskirts of modern Mexico City. During the 1930s and 1940s, numerous collectors-the artist and author Miguel Covarrubias and his friend the famous muralist Diego Rivera among them-spoke of traveling there on weekends "with a pocketful of cash and returning with an archaeological puzzle or an artistic masterpiece."
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Eustoria Padilla, Bogota, Columbia; Marisol Stokes, Nyack, NY; Claudia Lord Stokes, New York; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2002-2010 | Art of the Ancient Americas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Mexico (Tlatilco) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 3 15/16 in. (8.8 x 5 x 10 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Claudia Lord Stokes, 2003
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2773