Ornamental Mask

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Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Ornamental Mask
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold alloy, shell
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 2 in. (11.4 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.439
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.439

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400 BC–400 AD
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1100–1450 AD
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600–1000 AD
Gold, spondylus, shell, and turquoise
2010.1031
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600–1000 AD
Gold, shell, and turquoise
2010.1030