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 viewClassificationsMasks
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)
A.D. 1–550
A.D. 400–700
1400–1521 AD
900–600 BC
about 1930–40
about 1930–40
Late 19th to early 20th century
about 1930–40
Late 19th to early 20th century
early 20th–mid 20th century