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Funerary Mask

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Funerary Mask
Date1000–100 BC
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 6 5/16 in. (15.9 × 16.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.421
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
ProvenancePossibly [John Wise (1902–1981), New York, by 1979] [1] [2]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1979–2008 [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] John Wise Archives, accessed 2/20/2009.
[2] John Wise-style inventory sticker "L-28" on back.
[3] Glassell Album # 9, precedes objects purchased May 12, 1979.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Funerary Mask
1000–100 BC
Gold
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Funerary Mask
1000–100 BC
Gold
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1000–100 BC
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1000–100 BC
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1100–1450 AD
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800–1375 AD
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100 BC–700 AD
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1100–1450 AD
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Unknown Central and South American
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1100–1450 AD
Gold
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1100–1450 AD
Gold
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200 BC–200 AD
Gold
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Unknown Central and South American