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Object Number 996-20-30/11822.1.2.32.1
Display Title Gold mouth mask
Descriptions
Object Description Text with photo: Gold mouth mask and head ornament. Nasca culture. Widths, 10 5/8, 10 3/8 inches. Pl. II From Lothrop finding aid: Material relating to Lothrop's research on Peru, 1941-1944. Museum of America Indian (MAI); Gold: photos, paste-up for book
Subject
  • Gold
  • Mask
Date 1941-1944
Culture
  • Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru

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Gold head ornament
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