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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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1056
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Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.1057
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Hammered, chased, and filigreed gold and turquoise inlay
2001.1072
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Hammered and chased gold
2001.1065
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Unknown Central and South American
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
