Funerary Mask

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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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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front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold, hematite or cinnabar
2001.1089
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold with hematite or cinnabar
2010.445
Funerary Mask
800–1375 AD
Gold
2010.443
Funerary Mask
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
Funerary Mask
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1277
Duck
100–800 AD
Gold with cinnabar
2001.1133
Cinnabar Pouch
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Society Mask
1850–1950
Wood with traces of kaolin
91.1475
Burial Mask
5th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2231
Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
Mask with Goggle-Eyes
300–600 AD
Stone
87.77