Funerary Female Figure

1200-1500

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Title: Funerary Female Figure
Date Created: 1200-1500
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 24.6 x 8.4 cm (9 11/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Provenance: Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1957, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Type: Jewelry
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.397
Medium: hammered silvered copper, cinnabar
Fun Fact: The red pigment on the face is cinnabar, a mineral consisting of mercury sulfide.
Department: Art of the Americas
Culture: Peru, South Coast, Chicha-Ica Valley area, 15th-16th century
Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
Collection: AA - Andes
Accession Number: 1957.397

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