Post with a Carved Face
Placed beside or inside a tomb, this grave marker resembles a human figure. If buried, the post would have supported the roof of a tomb of the Ica-Chincha people, who lived on the central coast of Peru. Crowned with a two-pronged headdress, the post was treated the same way as...
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79377
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Martin and Ullman Artweave Textile Gallery, New York; purchased by a private collection, 1992; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.
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en
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3
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