PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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HUARI-TIAHUANACO WOOD<br />
MUMMY MASK<br />
Ca. A. D. 600-1000<br />
With concave back and of deep section, the<br />
smooth wide face with a complacent expression<br />
the thin lips pursed, aquiline nose with slight<br />
furrows, the large eyes inlaid with mussel shell<br />
pupils (one lacking), with traces of textile fi ber and<br />
blue feathers.<br />
Height 39.4 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1950<br />
Exhibited<br />
Zurich, Alt-Peru aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Kunsthaus<br />
Zurich, April 18-June 2, 1957, pl. 25<br />
Cf. Anton, 1962, pl. 106<br />
€ 3 000 – 5 000