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.
