Object Title
Funerary Head
Measurements
40.6 cm (16 inches)
Creation Date
AD 900–1450
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/peruvian-funerary-head-569671
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
1550
Provenance Information
Sold from a private collection, Argentina, to the Galerie Alain Schoffel, Paris; November 26, 1973, sold by Alain Schoffel to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
Exhibition Information
No known exhibition history.
Publication Information
No known publication history.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This funerary head was outside its country of origin by 1973, and possibly earlier. Attempts to trace its provenance further have been unsuccessful.