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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art and Folk Ar…
Dog Mask
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art and Folk Art Acquisition Funds.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photograpy by Peggy Tenison.

Dog Mask

DepartmentLatin American Art
Dateca. 1978
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art and Folk Art Acquisition Funds
Object number90.44
Geography
Place madeEcuador
General regionSouth America
DescriptionA painted wood mask depicting an open-mouthed dog with a long snout and pointy ears. The dog is painted green and yellow, with white spots.
On view
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Frost National Bank.
Felipe Benito Archuleta
ca. 1980
San Antonio Museum of Art, Given in memory of Norval J. and Agatha Maverick Welsh by their chil…
Unknown
Culture: Nayarit
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 305-30 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Culture: Egyptian
late 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.
Unknown
Culture: Colima
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay A. Duff.
Unknown
Culture: Chimú
ca. A.D. 1200
San Antonio Museum of Art, The D. Joseph Judge, M.D. Collection donated by the Judge Family.
Unknown
Culture: Classic Veracruz
ca. A.D. 550-950
Purchased with funds provided by the Bessie Timon Endowment Fund.
Culture: Liao, Khitan
10th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Ramona Frates Seeligson.
Unknown
Culture: Colima
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.
Unknown
early- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift.
Culture: Chinese
386-535

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