Unknown Central and South American
Large Mummy Mask

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureSicán (Lambayeque)

Titles

Large Mummy Mask

Date800–1375 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold, hematite or cinnabar

Dimensions12 × 19 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (30.5 × 48.9 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1089

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceJohn Wise archives at the DMA, accessed 2.20.09 - Letter referencing purchase of gold mask dated 1.17.1965; Note from John Wise archives at the DMA, dated 12/8/1967 - records Gold mask from Hamburg as having been bought by that point by Mr. Glassell from Mr. Wise;
Also possibly AG 537;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1089
Exhibition History"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

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