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Document identity
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134839
label
Funerary Female Figure
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object
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Source metadata
id
134839
contentType
object
title
Funerary Female Figure
date
1200–1500
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757323
genreSpecific
Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 24.6 x 8.4 cm (9 11/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 15th-16th century
accession
1957.397
Source extras
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hammered silvered copper, cinnabar
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Funerary Female Figure, 1200–1500. Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 15th-16th century. Hammered silvered copper, cinnabar; overall: 24.6 x 8.4 cm (9 11/16 x 3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1957.397
collection
AA - Andes
didYouKnow
The red pigment on the face is cinnabar, a mineral consisting of mercury sulfide.
citations
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. 54, p. 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.
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 06:53:09.605000
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134839
dept
Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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hammered silvered copper, cinnabar
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