id:			134838
accession number:	1957.396
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.396
updated:		2022-01-04 15:58:39.787000

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 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, Chicha-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:		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

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

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

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Schmidt, Max. <em>Kunst und Kultur von Peru.</em> 1929.
	page number: 	pp. 554, 612-13
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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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