False face from a mummy with head-wrap
False face from a mummy with head-wrap

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False face from a mummy with head-wrap,

1100–1400

Chancay
Late Intermediate Period to Late Horizon
2018-13

Information

Title
False face from a mummy with head-wrap
Dates

1100–1400

Medium
Wood with cinnabar and white paint, black resin, cotton, and/or camelid wool textile
Dimensions
57 cm (22 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2018-13
Place Made

South America, Peru, Central coast

Culture
Chancay
Period
Late Intermediate period, Late horizon
Type
textiles, funerary containers, funerary objects
Materials
resin, wood, paint, cinnabar (pigment), cotton (textile), wool (textile)
Techniques
weaving
Subject
shrouds, faces

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