Funerary Mask

Funerary Mask

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funerary Mask
Date900–1100 AD
PlaceCerro De Roma, Peru
MediumGold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
Dimensions6 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 1/2 in. (16.5 × 18.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McAshan
Object number80.119
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceSusan Clayton McAsham (1905–2001) and S. Maurice McAshan, Jr. (1905–1993), Houston, until 1980; given to MFAH, 1980.

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