False Head for Burial Bundle or Mummy Mask
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Object Label
The Oculate Being is depicted on this Paracas funerary mask, which was filled with cotton padding to give it a rounded appearance and was probably sewn to the outer wrapping of a mummy bundle. The mask also shows a pair of facing felines and double-headed serpents, creatures that represent power, perhaps to give the deceased potent attributes.
El Ser Oculado está representado en esta máscara funeraria Paracas, la cual tenía un forro de algodón para darle una apariencia redondeada y estaba probablemente cosida a la envoltura externa de un fardo funerario. La máscara además muestra un par de felinos enfrentados y serpientes bicéfalas, criaturas que representan poder, quizás para otorgarle al muerto atributos poderosos.
Caption
Paracas Ocucaje. False Head for Burial Bundle or Mummy Mask, 100 B.C.E. – 1 C.E.. Cotton, pigments, 13 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. (34.3 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm) warp (woven part): 9 13/16 in. (25 cm) unwoven warps, more than: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) weft: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm) . Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 41.428. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.428_PS6.jpg)
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Collection
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Collection
Culture
Title
False Head for Burial Bundle or Mummy Mask
Date
100 B.C.E. – 1 C.E.
Period
Paracas Ocucaje 10
Geography
Place found: South Coast, Ocucaje, Ica Valley, Peru
Medium
Cotton, pigments
Classification
Dimensions
13 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. (34.3 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm) warp (woven part): 9 13/16 in. (25 cm) unwoven warps, more than: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) weft: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund
Accession Number
41.428
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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