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Funeral Procession Attendant

Funeral Procession Attendant

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Funeral Procession Attendant
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funeral Procession Attendant
  • Figure
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru , South America
MediumWood, shell, stone, and red pigment
Dimensions19 1/4 × 7 × 3 3/4 in. (48.9 × 17.8 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1152
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #235 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, Nov. 27 & 28, 1984);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1984 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 84"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1152

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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Funeral Procession Attendant
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shell, stone, and red pigment
2001.1151
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Funeral Procession Attendant
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shell, stone, and red pigment
2001.1149
looking right
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container with a Seated Shaman
650–900 AD
Wood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
2001.1161
Female Figure with Cloak
Unknown Central and South American
Female Figure with Cloak
1450–1532 AD
Cast silver and woven camelid wool
2001.1397.A-.D
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1286
Canopic Jar with Lid
Unknown Egyptian
Canopic Jar with Lid
1550–1069 BC
Limestone, pigment, and bitumen
31.52.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Bowl in the form of a Feline
650–900 AD
Wood and shell
2010.1162
looking right
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container with a Human-headed Feline
650–900 AD
Wood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
2001.1160.A,.B
Shabti Fragment Inscribed with Sixth Chapter of the Book of the Dead
Unknown Egyptian
Shabti Fragment Inscribed with Sixth Chapter of the Book of the Dead
1292–1186 BC
Stone
52.42
Canopic Jar Lid
Unknown Egyptian
Canopic Jar Lid
1580–1292 BC
Terracotta with pigment
31.49
Canopic Jar and Lid with Human Head
Unknown Egyptian
Canopic Jar and Lid with Human Head
1550–1069 BC
Terracotta, pigment, and bitumen
31.55.A,.B
Relief Panel with Priest making an offering to the gods Osiris, Isis, Anubis, Phthah or Hathor
Unknown Egyptian
Relief Panel with Priest making an offering to the gods Osiris, Isis, Anubis, Phthah or Hathor
400–301 BC
Limestone with pigment
52.53
Unknown Central and South American