Funerary Mask

Funerary Mask

Public Domain

Funerary Mask
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funerary Mask
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru , South America
MediumHammered and cut gold with red pigment
Dimensions10 × 15 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (25.4 × 39.4 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1056
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1056

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