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Funerary mask 500 B.C.–A.D. 500 Condorhuasi-Alamito This stone mask features an anthropomorphic face with pronounced brow ridge, angular nose, and drilled perforations with raised carved ridges indicating the eyes and mouth. Additional drill holes line the outer edge of the mask, presumably to affix it with fibers to an armature. The mask was most likely attached to a funerary bundle.The Condorhuasi-Alamito peoples were llama pastoralists in the area that is now the Catamarca province of Argentina. They were skilled artisans in a variety of media, including ceramic, metal, and stone. Archaeolo

Funerary mask 500 B.C.–A.D. 500 Condorhuasi-Alamito This stone mask features an anthropomorphic face with pronounced brow ridge, angular nose, and drilled perforations with raised carved ridges indicating the eyes and mouth. Additional drill holes line the outer edge of the mask, presumably to affix it with fibers to an armature. The mask was most likely attached to a funerary bundle.The Condorhuasi-Alamito peoples were llama pastoralists in the area that is now the Catamarca province of Argentina. They were skilled artisans in a variety of media, including ceramic, metal, and stone. Archaeolo Stock Photo
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4000 x 3740 px | 33.9 x 31.7 cm | 13.3 x 12.5 inches | 300dpi

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20 January 2022

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Funerary mask 500 B.C.–A.D. 500 Condorhuasi-Alamito This stone mask features an anthropomorphic face with pronounced brow ridge, angular nose, and drilled perforations with raised carved ridges indicating the eyes and mouth. Additional drill holes line the outer edge of the mask, presumably to affix it with fibers to an armature. The mask was most likely attached to a funerary bundle.The Condorhuasi-Alamito peoples were llama pastoralists in the area that is now the Catamarca province of Argentina. They were skilled artisans in a variety of media, including ceramic, metal, and stone. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Condorhuasi-Alamito peoples maintained extensive long-distance contacts with other regions, including the important site of Tiwanaku, near Lake Titicaca in what is now Bolivia.. Funerary mask. Condorhuasi-Alamito. 500 B.C.–A.D. 500. Stone. Argentina, Northwest Argentina. Stone Sculpture