Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask

Funerary Mask

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funerary Mask
Date1100–1450 AD
PlaceHacienda Ocucaje, Peru
MediumSilver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
Dimensions5 1/2 × 6 × 1 5/16 in. (14 × 15.3 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1231
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell slide dated December, 1967] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1231.

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