Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God
Date400–1100 AD
PlaceBolivia
PlacePeru
PlaceChile
MediumGold
Dimensions5 1/8 × 5 9/16 in. (13.1 × 14.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2534
Not on view

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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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