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Metalwork
Burial Mask
Chimú artist, (active )
Chimú artist
Peru
Primary
9 5/16 x 17 3/8 x 9/16 in. (23.7 x 44.1 x 1.5 cm)
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Gold, silver and copper alloy
Gold, silver and copper alloy
Chimú; made in Chicama Valley, Peru
1100-1470
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1470
1000-1400, 1400-1600, Chimu, funerary objects, masks, metalwork, Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America
Metalwork
This Burial Mask was created by a Chimu artist in the Chicama Valley on the North Coast of Peru between 1100 and 1470. Ruling from their capital city of Chan Chan, the Chimú state controlled a vast empire in the north and central coasts of Peru. They employed tens of thousands of artists, including skilled metalworkers that produced objects of precious metal for the nobility.
Masks such as this would never have been worn by the living. They played an essential role in death and burial and were placed on the funerary bundle. These decorative masks helped indicate the rank of the deceased.
The ornate, circular ear ornaments may have held actual feathers. The upper portion of the mask is decorated with puma heads and bent, stylized figures of warriors wearing elaborate feathered headdresses. Separate ornaments may have been attached to the mask near the eyes, around the nose and along the side of the face. The nose, which was raised in relief, has been lost.
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1947.9
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Memorial Art Gallery
11/21/2000
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Textiles
Burial Mask
Chancay artist, (active )
Chancay artist
Peru
Primary
12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.4 cm)
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Wood
Wood
Chancay; made in Peru
1200-1470 CE
1200
1470
Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America
Textiles
1977.100
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Memorial Art Gallery
3/20/2001
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Stonework
Ceremonial Grinding Stone (Flying-Panel Metate)
Flying Panel Metate
Central Highlands or Atlantic Watershed artist, (active )
Central Highlands or Atlantic Watershed artist
Costa Rica
12 1/2 x 27 x 21 in. (31.8 x 68.6 x 53.3 cm)
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Stone
Stone
Central Highlands or Atlantic Watershed; made in Costa Rica
1200-1550 CE
1200
1550
1000-1400, altars, Huetar, Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America
Stonework
A metate is a tool for grinding and preparing food. Because of its crucial role in ancient people’s everyday existence (see photo to the right) over time the metate evolved into a ritual object. Carved from a single piece of stone, the delicate open work on this flying-panel metate was accomplished by skilled artists using only tools made from stone or wood.
Both real and supernatural creatures decorate the base. The central figure is a shaman in the form of a crocodile. Respected for its power and swiftness on land and in the water, the crocodile is a fitting representation for a shaman.
Metates were also employed as funeral biers in the most prestigious tombs; the body was laid out on two or three metates placed side by side. The more elaborate "flying-panel" examples may have been manufactured especially for high-rank burials.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1972.10
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
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Ceramics
Ceremonial Human Figure Vessel
Capuli artist, (active )
Capuli artist
Colombia
14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
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Ceramic
Ceramic
Capuli Culture Complex; made in Colombia
850-1500 CE
850
1500
ceramics, Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America, vessels
Ceramics
This vessel is in the form of a stylized human holding a bowl, perhaps making a coca offering. Death, marriage, and almost any other social or religious ritual once included an offering of coca. Possessing ceremonial significance, the leaves of the coca plant have also been used in the Andean region for hundreds of years to treat ailments ranging from dysentery to altitude sickness.
There is a small opening in the top of the vessel suggesting it may have been used to hold cremated human remains. The slit eyes may indicate death or a trance state.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1951.49
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
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Textiles
Textile Panel
Chancay artist, (active )
Chancay artist
Peru
Primary
28 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (72 x 17 cm)
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Cotton and wool
Cotton and wool
Chancay; made in Peru
ca. 1100 - 1400
1100
1400
Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America
Textiles
1993.43
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
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