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Source Description
Nasca figures, like one on a bowl nearby, are shown wearing such forehead ornaments and mouth masks similar to these. The mouth mask hung from the nasal septum, the oval opening surrounding the mouth and the bristles positioned as feline whiskers, here transformed to serpents. Both were cut from sheet gold; details were worked freehand while the sheet rested on a soft surface.
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Document identity
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124411
label
Mouth Mask
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
124411
contentType
object
title
Mouth Mask
description
Nasca figures, like one on a bowl nearby, are shown wearing such forehead ornaments and mouth masks similar to these. The mouth mask hung from the nasal septum, the oval opening surrounding the mouth and the bristles positioned as feline whiskers, here transformed to serpents. Both were cut from sheet gold; details were worked freehand while the sheet rested on a soft surface.
date
100 BCE–700 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60761970
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 14 x 19.4 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Nasca
accession
1945.377
Source extras
tec
hammered gold alloy
tombstone
Mouth Mask, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Hammered gold alloy; overall: 14 x 19.4 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.377
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
Foote, Helen. "Early Peruvian Pottery." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 3 (March 1950): 54-56.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 56
citation
Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 47; Mentioned: p. 46, p. 62
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:24:57.157000
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124411
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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hammered gold alloy
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photo
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