CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
- Funerary Mask
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold with hematite or cinnabar
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (23.5 × 31.1 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.445
Not on view
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Object Type
(Lot #47189 in Heritage's Pre-Columbian Art Auction of The Hendershott Collection, Sept. 29, 2006);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.445
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed bar code on verso of mount: RHC4A .000005 7546E
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Gold, silver, and cinnabar
2010.1021.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Gilt silver and cinnabar
2010.1087
