"Mummy bundle" head or "false head", c. 1100 - 1400 AD
Peru, Chancay
Price
EUR 500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Gerhard Asche (1933-2022), Billigheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (vor 1968)Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
cotton, wood, terracotta, camelid fibres (alpaca or llama),
Pillow-shaped textile cover stuffed with straw and raw cotton, with applied facial features in wood and terracotta, and hand-woven headband.
Comparing literature
Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 134 ff.Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).