Mummy Mask | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 200 B.C.

Not on view

Medium: Cotton; plain weave painted with tannin dyes, unwoven warp fringe.
Dimensions: 11 1/4 × 18 in. (28.58 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Erik Jacobsen
Accession Number: 2017.40.16
Geography: Central Andes, Peru
Culture: Central Andes, Paracas, Ocucaje 9, Ica Valley
Period: Early Horizon to Early Intermediate Period
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Erik Jacobsen Collection
Ex-Collection:Lou Slavitz Collection

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 13

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

funerary art, masks (costume), mythology

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