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Moche Copper Mask Early/Middle Intermediate, ca. 300 B.C.-A.D. 300
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- copper
- Width: 7 3/4 in (19.7cm)
the large eyes inlaid with shell and stern expression of tightly closed lips, adorned with separately attached earspools and a row of five owl's heads placed as a headband, the face covered with remains of attachments for further ornaments, and with a medallion suspended below the chin.
Provenance
Andre Emmerich Inc.
Joyce Strauss Collection, acquired from the above
Joyce Strauss Collection, acquired from the above
Exhibited
New York, Sun Gods and Saints, Art of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Peru, Andre Emmerich Gallery, December 6-31, 1969, no. 48, illus.
Literature
Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America, New York, 1976, Fig. 349
Catalogue Note
For a similar copper mask, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 1987.394.722