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Cinnabar Pouch

Cinnabar Pouch

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Cinnabar Pouch
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumAnimal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
Dimensions.A) Pouch: 25 × 13 × 2 in. (63.5 × 33 × 5.1 cm)
 .B) Wand: 8 1/8 × 1 1/2in. (20.6 × 3.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1134.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "JUL 70"]; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001.

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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Four-Cornered Hat
500–800 AD
Woven dyed fibers
2001.999
Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Mask
1100–1530 AD
Wood, paint, hair, and natural fibers
2001.997
Duck
Unknown Central and South American
Duck
100–800 AD
Gold with cinnabar
2001.1133
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Large Mummy Mask
800–1375 AD
Gold, hematite or cinnabar
2001.1089
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Spondylus Plaque Necklace
Unknown Central and South American
Spondylus Plaque Necklace
650–1450 AD
Spondylus shell and fibers
2001.1150
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Spondylus collar
1300–1450 AD
Spondylus shell beads
2001.1119
Feather Headdress
Unknown Central and South American
Feather Headdress
1100–1450 AD
Feathers, camelid hair, cotton cloth, plant fiber, reed splints, and string
2001.996
Helmet Mask of a Bush Cow
Unknown African
Helmet Mask of a Bush Cow
1865–1900
Wood, sacrificial matter, metal, nails, and animal hide
89.261
Headdress Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Headdress Ornament
100–800 AD
Silver, gold gilt, turquoise, and shell
2001.1185
Gilt Head
Unknown Central and South American
Gilt Head
100–800 AD
Gilt copper with shell inlay eyes
2001.1063
Scepter
Unknown Central and South American
Scepter
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
Unknown Central and South American