Early Mochica Copper Mask

Description:

Early Mochica Copper Mask, c. 300 BC-300 AD, the warrior's head with sunken mouth and eyes, wearing a crescent-form openwork headdress, the headband with remains of loops for attachment of dangles, a double-headed serpent arching above with scrollwork body projecting upward, wd. 6 1/2 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Long Island, New York; Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1989, Lot 249.
Estimate $500-700


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