History of the mask 

IT depicts one of the former rulers of Palenque.

Mary Miller & Simon Martin, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya 

Its beliving that the mask originate from the excavations of the Tempel of the sun in the late 19th century , Testing done at Oxford have shown that the mask can be as old as 2000 thousend years old,.

Who the mask represent is still a mystery but there is a thought that it is a mayan king from the earlier Mayan age.

This is the only known mask to be in private ownership similar mask is in the national museum of anthropolagy in mexico