Funerary Mask, A.D. 900–1300, Peru, Chornancap, Lambayeque, Lambayeque (Sicán), Gold, silver-copper overlays, cinnabar, H. 11 1/2 in. × W. 19 1/2 in. × D. 4 in. (29.2 × 49.5 × 10.2 cm), Metal-Sculpture, This mask, made of hammered sheet gold alloy and covered in red pigment, once adorned the body of a deceased ruler on Peru’s north coast. Powerful dynasties arose in this region between the eighth and the fourteenth centuries A
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Funerary Mask, .D, 900–1300, Peru, Chornancap, Lambayeque, Sicán, Gold, silver-copper overlays, cinnabar, H, 11 1/2, W, 19, D, 4, 29.2, 49.5, 10.2 cm, Metal-Sculpture, mask, hammered sheet, gold, alloy, covered, red pigment, adorned, body, deceased ruler, north, coast, Powerful dynasties, arose, region, eighth, fourteenth centuries
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