Mask

Title	Mask
Artist	Moche North coast, Peru
Date	100 BCE–500 CE
Medium	Copper, shell, and pyrite, and gold with cinnebar and pigment
Classification	metal
Origin	Peru

Themes: Mineralogy & geology

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“Mask” is a work by Moche North coast, Peru, dated 100 BCE–500 CE. It is executed in copper, shell, and pyrite, and gold with cinnebar and pigment and classified as metal. In this archive it sits within the mineralogy & geology tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

This work is in the public domain. You may download the image and use it for any purpose — personal or commercial — without permission or payment. No attribution is legally required.

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