Mummy Bundle "Mask"

200–1 BCE Overall: 48.3 x 18.3 cm (19 x 7 3/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.520

The Paracas people buried their dead in pear-shaped mummy bundles, created by carefully wrapping the seated human body in layers of garments and other textiles. Sometimes a painted cloth was placed on the outer layer at the top of the bundle, as though it served as the bundle’...

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