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False head

Chimú, 900-1469

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Chimú

False head

Chimú, 900-1469

Physical Qualities Wood, shell, 13 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (35 × 15.6 × 7.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Allan H. Dana and Children, Columbia, Maryland
Object Number 1999.600
Face and neck in carved wood; half-shells for eyes. May have served as surrogate head in mummy burial.

Culture

Chimú

2000–2000

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