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Document identity
localId
134838
label
Funerary Mask
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object
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Source metadata
id
134838
contentType
object
title
Funerary Mask
date
1200–1500
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757785
genreSpecific
Jewelry
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.3 x 15.6 cm (6 x 6 1/8 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 13th-16th century
accession
1957.396
Source extras
tec
hammered silver
tombstone
Funerary Mask, 1200–1500. Peru, South Coast, Chincha-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
collection
AA - Andes
didYouKnow
The red pigment on the face is cinnabar, a mineral consisting of mercury sulfide.
citations
citation
Schmidt, Max. <em>Kunst und Kultur von Peru.</em> Berlin: Propyläen-verlag, 1929.
page_number
pp. 554, 612–613
citation
King, Heidi. <em>Rain of the Moon Silver in Ancient Peru </em>; [Catalog of an Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nov. 3, 2000 - Apr. 22., 2001]. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art [u.a.], 2000.
page_number
cat. no. 24, p. 52-3, 61
citation
Young, Michelle, Colin Cooke, Richard Burger, Emily Kaplan, Gabriel Prieto Jacob Bongers, et al. "Mass spectrometry measurements of mercury isotope ratios support geochemical sourcing of archaeological cinnabar in the Andean region." PLoS One 20(7): e0326414.
creditline
The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 06:53:09.181000
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134838
dept
Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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hammered silver
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