CultureMalagana
Titles
- Funerary Mask
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 27 5/8 × 1 in. (39.4 × 70.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.975
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
[1] Email from Robert Duff date April 25, 2019.
[2] Glassell Inventory, described on August 9, 2000.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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