Greenish-gray stone mask with large round eyes, a flat nose, a toothed grimace, and a dotted rim, on a plain gray background.

Rain god mask, Mixtec serpentine sculpture

A carved greenish-gray serpentine mask with a broad, cylindrical form, shown frontally against a plain backdrop. Its face has large circular eyes with raised pupils, a flat nose, a horizontal mouth band, and a toothed grimace, framed by a dotted rim and side ears.

Artist: Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) artist(s)
Date: 1325–1521 CE
Medium: Serpentine
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 1860 × 1856 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1521).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

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