Architectural Fragment
- Title
- Architectural Fragment
- Description
- This object has a face carved with two holes for the eyes and one hole for the mouth. This object was carved easily and the minimal treatment of the carved object suggests a deliberate and specific representation. The identity of the mask is a mystery and scholars say that this object is known as the Mask God.
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Indigenous Art
- Morton D. May
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Teotihuacan
- Architecture
- Temporal Coverage
- 400 – 550
- Spatial Coverage
- Mexico, North America, Central America
- Language
- The description of the item is in English
- Medium
- The object is made out of pumice
- Is Part Of
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Morton D. May
- Identifier
- 217:1978
- Provenance
- Julius Carlebach
- Morton D. May
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- This item originated in Mexico, North America, and Central America
