The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

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 Norweb Collection 1957.396

Location

232 Andean

Fun Fact

The red pigment on the face is cinnabar, a mineral consisting of mercury sulfide.

Provenance
?-1957
Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1957, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1957
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Citations
Schmidt, Max. Kunst und Kultur von Peru. 1929. pp. 554, 612-13
King, Heidi. Rain of the Moon Silver in Ancient Peru ; [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. cat. no. 24, p. 52-3, 61
Exhibition history

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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.

Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 3, 2000-April 29, 2001).

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