Mask at Zona Arqueológica Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, Mexico. © gtchac via flickr.
According to INAH, the Pyramid of the Masks (“Templo de los Mascarones”) was built in the late Pre-classic (300 BCE – 250 AD).
Vertically stacked eyes (or faces) appear also on figurines from Tell Brak, Iraq:
Eye idol from Tell Brak, ca. 3700–3500 B.C., Gypsum alabaster, Metropolitan Museum of Art via Archive.org. 1937-38, excavated by Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, acquired by the Museum in 1951, gift of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Accession_number 51.59.9
Eye idol. White alabaster statuette (3500-3300 BCE) from the Temple of the Eyes, Tell Braq Height 4.8 cm. © Erich Lessing.
