Funerary Mask

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CultureJama Coaque

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Funerary Mask

Date200 BC–800 AD

PlaceEcuador

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 5 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (13 × 13.7 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.435

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February, 1993–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on February 8, 1993.
[2] Glassell Album #12.

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