Object Title
Face Plaque
Measurements
6 7/16 x 4 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (16.3 x 10.3 x 15 cm)
Creation Date
AD 250-600
Credit Line
Gift of the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation, 2008
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=38218
Provenance Information
Museo Nacional de México [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation [John Stokes as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
Exhibition Information
Art of the Ancient Americas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2010.
Publication Information
Batres, Leopoldo. Antigvedades Mejicanas Falsificadas; Falsificacion Y Falsificadores. Mexico: Imprenta De Fidencio S. Soria, 1910.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
A Letter of Agreement dated October 2000 between John Stokes and the Walters Art Museum established the terms of the long-term loan of a number of objects including this object, which was given in 2008.