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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Object Type
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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1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2