Funerary mask
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Sicán (Lambayeque) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1932.
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- Date created
- AD 900–1400 (Late Intermediate period)
- Catalog Number
- 18/4291
- Barcode
- 184291.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Funerary mask
- Media/Materials
- Gold, turquoise
- Techniques
- Hammered, repoussé, carved, stitched
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 29 x 10 cm
- Place
- Lambayeque Region; Peru
- See related items
- Sicán (Lambayeque) (archaeological culture)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_197066
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60d2cf58b-a585-4918-b22e-f6c4c08791ac
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