Mummy Mask with Wig

1000-1450 (Late Intermediate)

20.3 cm 30.5 cm 4.8 cm

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Andean cultures are located close to some of the most arid deserts in the world, and perhaps the natural mummification that ancient peoples there observed inspired them to adapt their mortuary practices to augment natural processes. In many cultures of the region, bodies were...

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New World Antiquities, San Francisco; purchased by a private collection, 1988; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.
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