Oculate Being Mask
300 BCE–1 CE (thermoluminescence date, 835 BC–185 CE)
Overall: 23.6 x 22.5 x 13.2 cm (9 5/16 x 8 7/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.39
This rare mask incarnates a supernatural being who may have been the patron of an early fertility cult on Peru’s south coast. Its traits insinuate power, especially the stuck-out tongue and the serpents that slither over the face to form a halo-like corona. Unexplained are the...
Artifact
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import
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accession
2003.39
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Terms
Technique
ceramic, resin-based paint
Medium
ceramic, resin-based paint
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Art of the Americas
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