PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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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