False Head for Burial Bundle or Mummy Mask

• Artist: Paracas Ocucaje (Culture)
• Medium: Cotton, pigments
• Geographical Location: South Coast, Ocucaje, Ica Valley, Peru
• Dates: 200-100 B.C.E.
• Period: Early Intermediate or Early Horizon
• Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. (34.3 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm) warp (woven part): 9 13/16 in. (25 cm) unwoven warps, more than: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) weft: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
• Collection: Arts of the Americas
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-5, Americas-5G31
• Accession Number: 41.428
• Image: 41.428_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2011

Catalogue Description:
Mummy mask of woven cotton, filled with cotton padding, and painted with features of the Oculate Being, two felines, and three double-headed snakes. Size: adult. Probable wearer: likely male. Vertical cotton warp. Cotton weft. Plain weave, predominantly warp-faced. Pigments with binding medium, hand-drawn.