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Funerary Mask

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funerary Mask
Date1100–1450 AD
PlaceHacienda Ocucaje, Peru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 1 in. (13.4 × 18.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.430
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Probably John Wise, Dallas, before 1967);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell slide dated December, 1967] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Glassell index card indicates provenance "Hacienda Ocucaje 30 klm south, Ica southland of Peru.";
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.430
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Golden sticker on verso: 47

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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