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Funerary mask

AD 50-550
Object PlaceValle de Cauca Department, Colombia
Medium/TechniqueGold alloy
Dimensions15.56 x 16.83 cm (6 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Lavinia and Landon T. Clay
Accession number2004.2206
On View
On view
ClassificationsMasks
Collections
Provenance1975, acquired in Europe by Alphonse Jax (dealer), New York; February 28, 1975, sold by Jax to Landon T. and Lavinia Clay, Boston; 2004, year-end gift of Landon T. and Lavinia Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 23, 2005)
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Face mask
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Head
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