A Copper Ornament and a Stone Mask from Middle America
- 20 January 1965
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 30 (3) , 343-345
- https://doi.org/10.2307/278813
Abstract
A small mask cast in copper with the features of a Maya merchant god supplies the first incontrovertible evidence that the Maya cast copper. As it has been in the British Museum for nearly a century, its authenticity cannot be doubted. One detail makes it virtually certain that the piece was cast in the lowlands. A large stone mask, collected in Mexico over 50 years ago, can be assigned with some confidence (despite previous doubts as to its authenticity) to southern Veracruz. It reveals attenuated Olmec influence and also has attributes of a merchant god.Keywords
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