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Mask

The damaged mask made of sheet silver with a green patina depicts an anthropomorphic face. Masks like this were once part of the funeral equipment of the elite and were attached to their funeral bundles, as indicated by the holes in the sides. See also RJM 60444 in the Ludwig Collection. A comparable mask can be found in the Ethnological Museum, which comes from Ica and was collected by Gretzer (SMB, inv. no. V A 45560), as well as a silver mask by Gretzer from Ica in the Niedersächsisches Landes Museum Hanover (inv. no. 7464)

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ica-Chincha
Object type
masks (costume)
Dimensions
141 x 165 x 35 mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy; silver alloy; sinew, animal;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32376
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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