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Mold for a face
Aztec (?)
Late Postclassic period
A.D. 1350–1521
Object Place: México, Central Highlands
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 13 cm (4 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.807
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Molds
DescriptionPress-mold for a slab figurine's head depicting a supernatural with long, bifurcated tongue and circular earflares with long, trapezoidal-shaped appendages.
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.