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PRE-COLUMBIAN CHANCAY MASK & HEADBAND EX: SOTHEBYS '81

This product data sheet is originally written in English.


MUMMY BUNDLE MAS


Pre-Columbian Chancay Mummy Bundle Mask & Headband

For your consideration is this cinnabar-painted wood mummy bundle mask and headband

detailed with a broad face, diamond-shaped eyes embellished with white pigment and

black resin pupils, a prominent nose and diminutive smiling mouth. 10.5” (26.6 cm) x 9.5”

(24.1cm) x 2” (5 cm). There is a 2.75” (6.9 cm) x 40” (101.6 cm) headband of woven camelid

textile is wrapped around the forehead and tied in back. This beautiful textile fragment

depicts narrow diagonal bands of complex serrated designs alternating with bands

 of repeat-motif birds, the whole woven in red, brown, tan and blue. Without repairs

or restoration, this fine mask is in excellent condition.

Mummy bundles were often stored in dry caves where the wood, bone and fabric bundle components

were protected from the elements.


 (THIS IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN ACTUAL SIZE)

Chancay, South-Central Coast of Peru

1000 C.E. – 1470 C.E.


Provenance: Acquired by seller in 1981 at the Sotheby Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City.

Comparable: Lapiner, A. “Pre-Columbian Art of South America” p. 294, pl. 659.


This seller has been a conscientious collector and dedicated scholar of New World antiquities for over a half-century.

He has complied with UNESCO, federal/local legislation and never consciously acquired, traded in or sold illicitly recovered antiquities.



GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY


The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, scholar and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (retired),


Certified Pre-Columbian Art Specialist.


Your artifact will be accompanied by a signed and registered
Certificate of Authenticity that includes a picture, description, provenance and date of the item.




 If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork may be returned as shipped within thirty days of purchase for a purchase price refund


 All rights reserved for all countries. No part of the contents of this page may be reproduced without prior written permission of the seller.

Copyright © Rod Rogers, 2021.

 

Mummy bundles were often stored in dry caves where the wood, bone and fabric bundle components This seller has been a conscientious collector and dedicated scholar of New World antiquities for over a half-century. He has complied with UNESCO, federal/local legislation and never consciously acquired, traded in or sold illicitly recovered antiquities. The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, scholar and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (retired), Certificate of Authenticity that includes a picture, description, provenance and date of the item.  If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork may be returned as shipped within thirty days of purchase for a purchase price refund  All rights reserved for all countries. No part of the contents
Color Red
Style Latin American
Material Wood & Textile
Maker Chancay artisan
Original/Reproduction Original