Dumbarton Oaks - Mummy Mask

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Mummy Mask

Paracas, Early Horizon
ca. 100 BCE
48 cm x 21.8 cm (18 7/8 in. x 8 9/16 in.)
cotton
PC.B.614

Not on view

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Bibliography

Arnold, Denise Y. 2000 "Convertirse En Persona" El Tejido: La Terminología Aymara De Un Cuerpo Textil. In Actas De La I Jornada Internacional Sobre Textiles Precolombinos, Victòria Solanilla i Demestre, ed., pp. 9-28. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Departament d'Art, Barcelona.

Boone, Elizabeth Hill (ED.) 1996 Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks; No. 1. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. vol. 2, p. 349-353, pl. 96.

Exhibition History

"Clothing for the Afterlife" Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, 10/7/2015 - 5/22/2016.

Acquisition History

Acquired by Robert Woods Bliss before 1947.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1947-1962.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.