5.4
Ceramic mask allegedly excavated in the site of Chongos in the Pisco Valley. The nose-like central flange protrudes 11 cm above the domed surface. A series of perforations along the rim of the mask would facilitate its attachment to a costume or mortuary bundle. BMA 64.94.
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Chapter
Ch. 05: Travels of the Rayed Head: Textile Movement and the Concepts of Center and Periphery in the Southern Andes
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Isbell, William H.; Uribe, Mauricio I.; Tiballi, Anne; Edward P. Zegarra, 2018, "Visual database", https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/1B33FN.