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Style: Pre-Columbian
Moche Copper Bronze Mask
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large coper mask of a dignitary with almond shaped, inset shell eyes with pupils and a wide brim type crown. Attached at the brow line, a row of danglers is suspended, aligning the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Masks
Materials
Copper
$18,750
Pre-Columbian Chimu Gold Mask With Scar
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large sheet gold mask depicting a stylized human face having an individually fashioned and applied nose. Large low relief repousse eyes and rectangular mou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Masks
Materials
Gold
Pre-Columbian Funerary Gold Mask with Royal Turquoise Beads in its Eyes
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A high karat heavy sheet gold human face mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed pierced pupils. Multiple small perforations along the upper and lower edges for attachment. L...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Ecuadorean Antique Pre-Columbian Masks
Materials
Gold
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Condition: Two prongs of the headdress have been professionally restored; part of the panpipes is lost otherwise intact and well preserved
Provenance: From the Romy Rey Collection, UK – acquired before 1960
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H 7.88 in W 7.09 in D 5.91 in
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