Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureCalima

Titles

Funerary Mask

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions4 3/4 × 9 × 1 1/4 in. (12.1 × 22.9 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.826

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Francisco O'Campo, New York, before February 22, 2001] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 22, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory (end of Glassell Album #16)- described February 22, 2001 as purchased from O'Campo. Robert Sonin report of object dated January 8, 2001.

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