Mummy Bundle "Mask"

170 BCE–70 CE (radiocarbon date, 95% probability) Overall: 58.5 x 18.8 cm (23 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.) Source image
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The Paracas people of Peru's South Coast buried their dead in pear-shaped mummy bundles made of a seated human body carefully wrapped in garments and other textiles. Sometimes a painted cloth was placed at the top of the bundle, as though it served as the bundle's face, head,...

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