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Funerary Mask

Funerary Mask

Public Domain

Funerary Mask
Artist
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M 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 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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