Mask

Mask

Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Mask
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumCopper
Dimensions9 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (24.1 × 18.4 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1170
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceIn Robert Sonin report dated December 15, 1967;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #3, slide dated "Dec 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1170

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Gilt Head
Gilt Head
100–800 AD
Gilt copper with shell inlay eyes
2001.1063
Crown
Crown
200 BC–400 AD
Gilt copper
2001.971
Crown
Crown
200 BC–400 AD
Gilt copper
2001.972
Funerary Mask
Funerary Mask
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1277
Funerary Mask
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Mask
Mask
1100–1530 AD
Wood, paint, hair, and natural fibers
2001.997
Funerary Mask
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
front of object
Large Mummy Mask
800–1375 AD
Gold, hematite or cinnabar
2001.1089
Funerary Mask
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Hammered and cut gold with red pigment
2001.1056
Toucan Staff Top
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962
Bird on Shell
Bird on Shell
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.964
Miniature collar
Miniature collar
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1279