Small damaged wooden mask on a stand with flaking gold and black paint, a white shell eye, and a pale tooth-like element in its open mouth, against gray.

Miniature Mixtec Wooden Mask with Shell Eye

A damaged carved wooden mask, seen at three-quarter angle on a thin stand against a gray backdrop, shows flaking ochre, gold-toned and black pigment over its worn surface. A large white shell eye with a dark center and a single pale tooth-like piece in the open, broken mouth give the face a stark, rough expression.

Artist: Mixtec
Date: 1300–1400
Medium: Wood, gold foil, and shell with pigment and resin
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1265 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1400).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund

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