Featured Sterling Gilt Mask Pin - Mardi Gras or Ethnic Piece?

I got this pin a while ago and I'd like to find out if it's a Mardi Gras mask or a representation of a certain culture or ethnic group's ceremonial mask?

The back is stamped "STERLING" with a tiny maker's mark before. The lower part of the mask is polished and the top has an acid/satin finish. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

 

My first instinct would be archaeological revival - Greek, Trojan Hoard, Roman, etc. Something like that or a riff on same. Someone else may know better.

 

When I see masks, I think of Isabel Canovas.

 

I'm thinking Knossos or thereabouts.

 

Not exactly, but it looks a lot like the mask of bercrystal's incense lady.


https://www.antiquers.com/threads/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-metal-figure.64625/#post-4290462

 

I checked into all the leads and didn't find anything really similar in Knossos, Crete, Canovas or the spelter statue lady. As @evelyb30 suggested, arch. revival may be the general idea.

Is @Any Jewelry around?

 

I don't see Greek, Roman, Etruscan or Mycenean here. Mesoamerican would be my guess too. Maybe a museum reproduction piece?

 

The floral motif of the headdress doesn't look like Latin American to my eye. I'd expect it to be geometric.

Debora

 

She is.
I like it, but it doesn't ring a bell.

I don't see anything that suggests Archaeological Revival to me.
If pre-Columbian, you'd really need a lot of imagination, but I'll give you this to ponder over, a reproduction of a mural from the Tepantitla Compound of Téotihuacan, Central Mexico:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great...ia/File:Tlalocan_-_Murales_de_Teotihuacan.jpg

 

I'm wondering if it may be a museum gift shop piece?

 

Wow! That mural has a lot going on! A LOT! Maybe it's loosely related to some culture or ethnic group, maybe it a Museum gift item, maybe an interpretation of a Mardi Gras mask. But, at this point, I probably better move on to some things we may have a chance of ID'ing. Thanks all for your input!