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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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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Ica-Chincha
Object type
masks (costume)
Dimensions
141 x 165 x 35 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32376
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17
Provenance and sources
when
1000-1440 AD
Period/Style
Late Intermediate Period; Ica-Chincha (style)
where
Peru
America -> South America -> Peru -> Coast (south)
-> Ica (Region) -> Ica (Province) -> Ica (City)
when
1907
when
1915-19-03
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