Unknown Central and South American
Face Mask

Face Mask

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTierradentro
Titles
  • Face Mask
Date1–1600
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/4 × 3 × 1 1/4 in. (7.0 × 7.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1288
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), New Haven, CT, Southport, CT, and Florida, probably by 1989–1995 [1]; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1995, lot 40]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by November 20, 1995–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.

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