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Object Number
46-77-30/8003
Display Title
Mummy mask and torso, woman
Descriptions
Object Description
Head: bag of heavy 1-2 cotton plainweave (2s-plied) stuffed with avocado leaves. Face covered with fine plainweave colored with red-orange pigment. Eyes, nose, mouth cut from silver sheet metal, glued on. Bangs of black human hair(?) or dyed vegetal fiber(?) attached across forehead. Torso formed from plainweave cotton cloth folded into cylinder. Breats of plainweave stuffed with "cotton cloth" and stitched on.
Inventory Description
Organic, mummy mask and torso, woman, body - brown cotton plainweave, face - cot
Classification
- Woven Fiber
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Zapallan
Intrasite
Grave Y
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Chillon Valley
Materials
Cotton, Leaf, Silver, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 75 x 36 x 11 cm (29 1/2 x 14 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/8003
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(12/1940- 11/1944)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(11/26/1946)
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Donald C. Scott
(11/26/1946)
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