Chancay wood mummy masks from Peru. #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #chancaymummy #chancay #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummy #mummies #burial #funeral #textiles #ancienttextiles
Ancient Peruvian mummy masks. #precolumbian #precolumbianart #chancay #perú #peru #peruvian #archeology #woodenmask #mask #mummy #burial #woodenfigure #antiquities #huari #wari #chancaymummy #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummies #textiles #ancienttextiles #funeral
Chancay wood mummy mask from Peru. “ Members of this culture were buried in bundles of layers of cloth, with masks to model the deceased face. For the Chancay people, these were not portrait like, but had very simplified features, with diamond-shaped eyes and long straight noses.” 1100 - 1450 AD #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #chancaymummy #chancay #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummy #mummies #burial #funeral #textiles #ancienttextiles
Chancay culture wooden burial mask, Peru. 1100-1450 AD #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #chancaymummy #chancay #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummy #mummies #textiles #ancienttextiles #funeral #burial #chimu #woodenmask #mask
Wari mummy bundle head from Peru. It was created with multiple elements such as woven cotton textiles, camelid wool, feathers, human hair and copper. “ In ancient Peruvian religious thought, the dead inhabited the realm of the living, their spirits and preserved bodies nourishing future generations. Deceased ancestors were preserved in order to take part in ongoing ritual life. The Wari, for example, formed mummy bundles with the bodies of elites. Individuals were placed in a seated position, wrapped in numerous layers of cloth, and dressed in elaborate textiles. Mummy bundles were then topped with false heads, such as the mask seen here. The feather mask’s open eyes, brightly colored face, and realistic hair communicate the living essence of the deceased person it covered.” Middle Horizon Period 650AD - 1000 Ex Billy Jamieson #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #huari #wari #chimu #moche #mochica #chancaymummy #chancay #perumummies #archeology #mummymask #bundlemummies #mummy #mummies #textiles #ancienttextile #ancientmask #coppermask #cotton #camelid #wool #hair #braids #feathers #funeral #funerary
Pre-Columbian Chancay wooden artefacts from Peru. #precolumbian #precolumbianart #chancay #perú #peru #peruvian #archeology #woodenmask #mask #mummy #burial #woodenfigure #antiquities #huari #wari #chancaymummy #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummies #textiles #ancienttextiles
Pre-Columbian Huari (Wari) from the central coast of Peru. This carved wooden false mummy head mask is embellished with a thick layer of cinnabar lacquer. The visage presents with a high relief pronounced nose, incised large almond shaped eyes, and slightly parted lips and a high integral headdress or coiffure. Wood shows wonderful evidence of its age. A mask or false head was ritualistically placed over the mummy bundle. For the people of the Andes, death was not the end of life. It marked the transition into a new existence in the underworld. This transition was ensured through funerary rites and the careful preparation of the funerary bundle and tomb, so that society’s leaders could be transformed into ancestors. 800 - 1300AD #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #huari #wari #chancaymummy #chancay #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummy #mummies #textiles #ancienttextiles
Ica / Chincha wooden burial mask from southern Peru. “The name of this civilization comes from the word chinchay or chincha , which in the Quechua Chincha language means jaguar or ocelot. This culture occupied the territory composed of the valleys of Cañete, Ica, Nazca and Pisco. The capital of this society corresponds to Chincha, the current city of Peru.” 1300 -1500 AD #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #chincha #chancay #perumummies #mummymask #wari #bundlemummies #deceased #mummy #mummies #textiles #ancienttextiles
Old weathered Chancay Peruvian burial mask… #antiquities #precolumbian #peru #peruvian #chancaymummy #chancay #perumummies #mummymask #bundlemummies #deceased #mummy #mummies #textiles #ancienttextiles