Large Mummy Mask

CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Large Mummy Mask
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold, hematite or cinnabar
Dimensions12 × 19 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (30.5 × 48.9 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1089
Non exposé

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ProvenanceJohn Wise archives at the DMA, accessed 2.20.09 - Letter referencing purchase of gold mask dated 1.17.1965; Note from John Wise archives at the DMA, dated 12/8/1967 - records Gold mask from Hamburg as having been bought by that point by Mr. Glassell from Mr. Wise;
Also possibly AG 537;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1089
Exhibition History"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

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Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Duck
100–800 AD
Gold with cinnabar
2001.1133
front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold with hematite or cinnabar
2010.445
Cinnabar Pouch
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Hammered and cut gold with red pigment
2001.1056
Funerary Mask
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1277
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
Mask
1100–1530 AD
Wood, paint, hair, and natural fibers
2001.997
Mask
100–800 AD
Copper
2001.1170
front of objects
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
detail view of finial
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1044