Funerary Mask

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CultureMalagana

Titles

Funerary Mask

Date200 BC–200 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions11 1/8 × 17 1/4 × 6 in. (28.3 × 43.8 × 15.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2495

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceGeorge Ortiz (1927–2013), Paris and Geneva [1]; sold through [Robert Duff (La Paz Ltd.), Cedar, Michigan, before January 12, 2003] [1] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [2]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Email from Robert Duff dated April 25, 2019.
[2] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased on January 12, 2003.

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