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Funerary Mask

Funerary Mask

Public Domain

Funerary Mask
Artist
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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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceGeorge Ortiz (1927–2013), Paris and Geneva [1]; sold through [Robert Duff (La Paz Ltd.), Cedar, Michigan, before August 9, 2000][1][2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 9, 2000–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Email from Robert Duff date April 25, 2019.
[2] Glassell Inventory, described on August 9, 2000.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1277
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2004.2495
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Hammered and cut gold with red pigment
2001.1056
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.831
Tweezer Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Tweezer Ornament
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.854
Tweezer Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.855
Burial Mask
Unknown Indonesian
Burial Mask
5th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2231
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1286
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1289
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
200 BC–1300 AD
Gold
2001.839
Unknown Central and South American