Maskette (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 2000–600 BC (Early to Middle Formative period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
label: Seller
content: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1955 from Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967, a primitive art dealer and later director of the Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Tlatilco; Naucalpan de Juárez Municipality, Zumpango Region; México State; Mexico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Valley of Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Mexico/Valley of Mexico (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/4684
label: Barcode
content: 224684.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Maskette (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, clay slip
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, slipped
label: Dimensions
content: 15.9 x 13.2 x 5.5 cm