Unknown Central and South American
Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)

Titles

Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God

Date400–1100 AD

PlacePeru

PlaceChile

PlaceBolivia

MediumGold

Dimensions5 1/8 × 5 9/16 in. (13.1 × 14.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2534

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), Southport, Connecticut, and Florida; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1995, Pre-Columbian Sale 6778, Lot 42]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 20, 1995–2004; given to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca," Denver Art Museum, October 16, 2004–January 23, 2005.

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