AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1957.26
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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South American; Pre-Columbian; Nazca
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Peru, South Coast, Nasca
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Title:
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Mask
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1-500
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Creation Start Date:
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1
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Creation End Date:
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500
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Materials and Techniques:
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hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Classification Term:
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metalwork
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Style or Period:
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Peru, South Coast, Nasca
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 18.4cm x 21.8cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1957.26
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Hanna Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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This mask may have been attached to a mummy bundle, where it functioned as the visage of the deceased. The individual is shown transformed by death, with wide-open eyes, bared teeth, and radiating serpents. The Nasca dead were revered as ancestors, and interred with beautifully crafted offerings.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1957.26.tif
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