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Source Description
This mask with a separate nose piece, band, ring, and plaque were found, with other bronze armor (for example Walters 54.2456), in a tomb in northern Greece. The red discoloration of the gold suggests that the objects adorned a body that was cremated on a funeral pyre and then reassembled and placed in a secondary burial. The mask is slit along the ridge and bottom of the nose; the five pairs of holes along the opening allow for the attachment of the separate nosepiece. The band is stamped with a double guilloche pattern. The plaque is diamond in shape, stamped with patterns including a rosette at the center. The ring with a convex top is crudely made, typical of adornments that were fashioned solely for burial.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79192
label
Assemblage from a Warrior's Burial
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.106 (57.1944, 57.1945, 57.1946, 57.1947)
pageCount
7
Source metadata
id
79192
sourceUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.106 (57.1944, 57.1945, 57.1946, 57.1947)
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Assemblage from a Warrior's Burial
description
This mask with a separate nose piece, band, ring, and plaque were found, with other bronze armor (for example Walters 54.2456), in a tomb in northern Greece. The red discoloration of the gold suggests that the objects adorned a body that was cremated on a funeral pyre and then reassembled and placed in a secondary burial. The mask is slit along the ridge and bottom of the nose; the five pairs of holes along the opening allow for the attachment of the separate nosepiece. The band is stamped with a double guilloche pattern. The plaque is diamond in shape, stamped with patterns including a rosette at the center. The ring with a convex top is crudely made, typical of adornments that were fashioned solely for burial.
provenance
[Tomb in Chalkidike, Northern Greece]; Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1964, by purchase.
date
6th century BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.106 (57.1944, 57.1945, 57.1946, 57.1947)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
masks (costume)
rings
plaques
bands
imageCount
7
pageCount
7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.2
height
15.2
depth
3.5
dimensionsRaw
mask: 6 3/4 x 5 15/16 x 1 3/8 in. (17.2 x 15.15 x 3.5 cm);nose: 3 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 in. (9.62 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm);band: 11 9/16 x 1 in. (29.3 x 2.5 cm);plaque: 6 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (16.2 x 6.1 cm); ring: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in. (3 x 2.8 x 0.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Archaic
RelatedObjects
14843
med
folded sheet gold
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
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