CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
- Mummy Bundle Head
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWoven cotten, camelid wool, wood, paint, feathers, hair, and copper
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 8 × 9 1/4 in. (24.1 × 20.3 × 23.5 cm)
Other (Hair): 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Other (Hair): 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1003
Not on view
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Object Type
(Lot # 28 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 19, 1992);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1003
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Unknown Egyptian
332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
Unknown Central and South American
1450–1532 AD
Cast silver and woven camelid wool
2001.1397.A-.D
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Textile, feathers, gold, and copper
2010.450
Unknown Central and South American
800–1450 AD
Wood, wool, cotton, raffia, hair, and paint
2010.449
Unknown Egyptian
332–30 BC
Wood with polychrome decoration
2008.808
Unknown Egyptian
1069–945 BC
Tempera and ink on papyrus
31.73
