Funerary Mask
1200–1500
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Funerary Mask, 1200–1500. Peru, South Coast, Chicha-Ica Valley area, 13th-16th century. Hammered silver; overall: 15.3 x 15.6 cm (6 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1957.396 The red pigment on the face is cinnabar, a mineral consisting of mercury sulfide.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- hammered silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.3 x 15.6 cm (6 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1957.396
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold." <br><br>New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; November 3, 2000- April 22, 2001. "Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru." exh. cat. no. 24, pp 52-53, no. 53, p. 61.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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