Detail View: The AMICA Library: Mask

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1957.26
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
South American; Pre-Columbian; Nazca
Creator Name-CRT: 
Peru, South Coast, Nasca
Title: 
Mask
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1-500
Creation Start Date: 
1
Creation End Date: 
500
Materials and Techniques: 
hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy
Classification Term: 
Metalwork
Classification Term: 
metalwork
Style or Period: 
Peru, South Coast, Nasca
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18.4cm x 21.8cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1957.26
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Hanna Fund
Rights: 
Context: 
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.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1957.26.tif