Funerary Female Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

Funerary Female Figure

Date
1200–1500
Medium
hammered silvered copper, cinnabar
Culture
Peru, South Coast, Chincha-Ica Valley area, 15th-16th century
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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