Mask

CultureChancay
Titles
  • Mask
Date1100–1530 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, paint, hair, and natural fibers
Dimensions12 × 7 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (30.5 × 18.7 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.997
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.997

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Shirt Mask
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
front of object
500–800 AD
Woven dyed fibers
2001.999
Cinnabar Pouch
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Gable Mask for a Men's House
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, plant fibers, nails, and paint
64.21
Gable Mask for a Men's House
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, cane, other plant fibers, paint, and feathers
62.43
Mask (Mwai)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33
Male Helmet Mask
1925–1950
Raffia, cane, other plant fibers, feathers, paint, and twine
91.1923
Feather Headdress
1100–1450 AD
Feathers, camelid hair, cotton cloth, plant fiber, reed splints, and string
2001.996
Helmet Mask (Baba Kumbu)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
Sewing box with weaving implements
800–1450 AD
Wood, bone, and natural fibers
2001.1396.A-.D
Quill and Textile Plume
1200–1532 AD
Natural fibers
2001.1007
Helmet Mask (tatanua)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256