id:			134838
accession number:	1957.396
share license status:	CC0
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Funerary Mask, 1200–1500. Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 13th-16th century. Hammered silver; overall: 15.3 x 15.6 cm (6 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1957.396

title:				Funerary Mask
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creation date:			1200–1500
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1500
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 13th-16th century
technique:	hammered silver
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 15.3 x 15.6 cm (6 x 6 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Treasures of Peruvian Gold
	opening date:   1966-02-23T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).

	title:		Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru
	opening date:   2000-11-03T00:00:00
	<i>Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 3, 2000-April 29, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."', 'opening_date': '1966-02-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '2000-11-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1957, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1957
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Schmidt, Max. <em>Kunst und Kultur von Peru.</em> Berlin: Propyläen-verlag, 1929.
	page number: 	pp. 554, 612–613
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	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. 24, p. 52-3, 61
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	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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	url:		https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326414

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