CultureMalagana
Titles
- Funerary Mask
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 27 5/8 × 1 in. (39.4 × 70.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.975
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
[1] Email from Robert Duff date April 25, 2019.
[2] Glassell Inventory, described on August 9, 2000.
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Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Unknown Central and South American
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
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
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Hammered and cut gold with red pigment
2001.1056
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258