Mask representing a stylized human face
The broad, flat face contrasts with a strongly protruding nose. The almond-shaped eyes are hollowed out with raised pupils painted black. The mouth is rectangular. The long neck must have been ficher in a body or burden now gone.
Wood with traces of red, black and cream polychromy.
Wear to the red polychromy and some fissures to the wood.
Chimu culture, Peru
1100 - 1450 AD.
H. 35 - W. 19.5 - D. 12 cm Provenance:
Private collection, France
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