False Head for Burial Bundle or Mummy Mask
Arts of the Americas
The Oculate Being is depicted on this Paracas funerary mask, which was filled with cotton padding to give it a rounded appearance and was probably sewn to the outer wrapping of a mummy bundle. The mask also shows a pair of facing felines and double-headed serpents, creatures that represent power, perhaps to give the deceased potent attributes.
El Ser Oculado está representado en esta máscara funeraria Paracas, la cual tenía un forro de algodón para darle una apariencia redondeada y estaba probablemente cosida a la envoltura externa de un fardo funerario. La máscara además muestra un par de felinos enfrentados y serpientes bicéfalas, criaturas que representan poder, quizás para otorgarle al muerto atributos poderosos.
MEDIUM
Cotton, pigments
DATES
100 B.C.E. - 1 C.E.
PERIOD
Paracas Ocucaje 10
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)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
41.428
CREDIT LINE
Henry L. Batterman Fund
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.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Paracas Ocucaje. False Head for Burial Bundle or Mummy Mask, 100 B.C.E. - 1 C.E. Cotton, pigments, 13 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. (34.3 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 41.428. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.428_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 41.428_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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