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*89<br />

PARACAS PAINTED MUMMY<br />

BUNDLE MASK, ICA VALLEY<br />

Ca. 300-100 B. C.<br />

Woven in plain cotton and painted in orangebrown<br />

and olive green with the full fi gure of the<br />

Oculate Being with a smiling expression with<br />

trophy heads issuing from his arms, sides and ears,<br />

wearing a tunic decorated with a miniature shaman,<br />

his head fl anked by two similar diminutive<br />

fi gures, long fringe extending at the top.<br />

23 x 24.5 cm (woven section only)<br />

Literature<br />

Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America,<br />

New York, 1976, pl. 170<br />

The Oculate Being, named for his large eyes, probably<br />

acted as a protective spirit for the deceased.<br />

€ 3 000 – 5 000

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