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Mask1100–1500

Not on view
Hammered gold funerary mask with stylized face, featuring a projecting triangular nose, almond-shaped eyes with concentric circle motifs, and a rectangular mouth, displayed on a pale gray mount
Hammered gold funerary mask with repoussé facial features: a prominent raised nose, spiral-incised eyes, and a horizontal slit mouth, with circular ear ornaments and small perforations along the edges, against a black background.

Unknown, Mask, 1100–1500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Mask
Culture
Chimú
Place Made
Peru, North Coast, Chan-Chan
Date Made
1100–1500
Medium
Gold repoussé
Dimensions
Height: 9 1/2 in. (24.13 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.247
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
  • Herring, Adam. Art and Vision in the Inca Empire: Andeans and Europeans at Cajamarca. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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