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THBChancay Wood, Textile, & Hair Mask, ex-Museum
Lot 125
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Bidsquare : Museum-Deaccession | Asian & Pre-Columbian
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An interesting mix of de-accessioned Asian and Pre-Columbian Art from The Ashland University Museum in Ashland, OH, originally donated between 1994 to 1998. All lots from the Museum have been noted, as such. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
An interesting mix of de-accessioned Asian and Pre-Columbian Art from The Ashland University Museum in Ashland, OH, originally donated between 1994 to 1998. All lots from the Museum have been noted, as such. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. A large funerary mask carved from wood, with a coiffure of human hair and a camelid wool headdress. The visage is stylized and painted with red cinnabar, white, and black pigments. The wooden panel has broad profile, wide enough to cover an entire face and additional shrouds or wrappings. The panel has two piercings on the lower corners with a braided fiber cord strung through the holes for attaching the mask to mummy wrappings. A simple rectangular mouth is carved into the surface below the protruding beak nose. Diamond-shaped eyes are painted in white and black. Human hairs have been attached to the brow to create a fringe above the eyes, and two longer locks hang down to the sides, framing the face. A woven headband of red and black alpaca or llama wool is wrapped around the brow. These masks were not portraits, but stylized representations of the person they were buried with, and this is a large example of the form! Size: 10" L x 10" W (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm)
Display stand for photography purposes only.
Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#166228Earthen encrustations on the wood and hair. Cavity due to old inactive insect activity on the cheek as shown, and second cavity on the verso edge. Discoloration and fraying to textile. Hair and textile are remarkably intact, as are the pigments.Condition
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