Funerary Mask

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funerary Mask
Date1100–1450 AD
PlaceHacienda Ocucaje, Peru
MediumSilver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
Dimensions5 1/2 × 6 × 1 5/16 in. (14 × 15.3 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1231
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell slide dated December, 1967] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1231.

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front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold, hematite or cinnabar
2001.1089
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
Funerary Mask
800–1375 AD
Gold
2010.443
front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold with hematite or cinnabar
2010.445
Funerary Mask
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
Society Mask
1850–1950
Wood with traces of kaolin
91.1475
Funerary Mask
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1277
Burial Mask
5th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2231
Duck
100–800 AD
Gold with cinnabar
2001.1133
Cinnabar Pouch
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Helmet Mask (tatanua)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2