Mummy head (false head), c. 1100 - 1400 AD · North Coast Peru, Chancay · ID: 3049358

Name: Mummy head (false head), c. 1100 - 1400 AD
SKU: 3049358
Price: 600 EUR
Availability: InStock

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Provenance

Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (acquired in Lima, 1981)

Size

H: 28 cm

H: 11.0 inch

Description

wood, human hair, textile remnants, plant fibre, white pigment, rest.

These masks were not intended to be portraits, but a stylized representation of the human face for important individuals as a mark of their elite status.

They gave a face to the mummified bodies of the dead, created to last for eternity to receive the prayer and worship of the descendants.

The object Mummy head (false head), c. 1100 - 1400 AD with the object ID 3049358 was part of the auction Online Auction on September 27, 2023, lot number 139 at that time and is currently available for EUR 600 in Open sale.

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