False Face Mask
34678
From: Peru | Trujillo
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34678 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Trujillo |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Hair | Wood |
| Description | Closely woven cloth changing at back to sleazy weave. Face painted red with embroidered eyes and mouth and wooden nose, bangs painted, artificial hair braided along top and hanging loose. Drawing string below head part, long back like pillowcase with long end, copper needle thrust in cloth |
| Length | 36.83 cm |
| Width | 48.26 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 3075 - Field No SF |
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