[tutstar]

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[freedumb2003]

Well, based on your picture it appears to be a pure white mask on a snowy background, so it must be the Swedish Mayans... ;)

[decimon]

Maybe sunkenciv can enlist his extensive family of strange informed FReepers.

[American in Israel]

Would love to see it, how about a picture. I am also interested as the family has owned a jade mask for generations.

[mnehring]

You know where this is going.

TTIUWOP

[LostInBayport]

Was this it?

[Larry Lucido]

I think you should Mayan your own business.

[februus]

Looks vaguely Olmecan because of the mouth design (the famous jaguar mouth), but even there it is loose and uneven. Really hard to say with anything based on a photo and not an experts opinion.

[kingu]

7” high, 5.5” wide? Awfully tiny people. The low starting bid, the incredibly low shipping price, and the lack of demonstrated knowledge about the item leads me to strongly urge staying as far away from it as possible, unless you personally really like it for a piece of decorative art.

[Tucsonican]

I'm no expert but I do some collecting of Mayan and Mayan style stuff. The mask does not look Mayan but it does resemble a lot of Olmec work.

[SunkenCiv]

Check for a pulse. No pulse? Check for eye holes. Eye holes? Death mask. ;’)

Given the dimensions, it can’t be a death mask. It’s probably 20th century, and manufactured in the Orient. Of course, I have no credentials or expertise in Mayan art, so...

Note the detail work on authentic Precolumbian artifacts (some of these examples, for instance):

http://www.google.com/images?q=guatemalan+jade&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

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[stars & stripes forever]

You are bringing an invitation for curses into your home by buying artifacts like that.

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