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CultureCalima
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  • Funerary Mask
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (9.5 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1277
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by November 22, 1999 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes purchase on November 22, 1999.

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