Funerary Female Figure
1200–1500
- Medium
- hammered silvered copper, cinnabar
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.6 x 8.4 cm (9 11/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- jewelry
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 15th-16th century
About
The red pigment on the face is cinnabar, a mineral consisting of mercury sulfide.