Photo Gallery

Glossy black ceramic - Head - height 29 cm - Chimú-Inca - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Skull of a child - Second phase of the Atacameña culture - Origin: Quitor (province of Antofagasta) - Museo San Pedro de Atacama - Chile - 1976

A selection of clay figurines made by the Hohokam, found largely in graves. The faces are quite detailed, eyes and mouths are incised, eyelids clearly delineated. As portraits and as death masks they illustrate the transition from reality to eternity. The median length of the faces is 1.2 inches; the tallest figurine measures 3.36 inches. ASM.
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)

The legends are only available in German or Spanish
Schädel mit Stirnband aus einem Atacameño-Grab der Zweiten Phase im Fundort Quitor 6, Atacamawüste. Das Grab enthielt nur den Schädel ohne das restliche Skelett. Solche rituellen Schädelbestattungen sind bisher von keiner anderen Fundstelle Südamerikas bekannt geworden. Museo San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. - 1976

Inca vessel in the shape of a human head with stylized braids - height 17 cm - Cuzco area - Cuzco Archaeological Museum - 1976

Female skull with hair band - Atacameña culture second phase - Origin: Coyo Oriental - Museum San Pedro de Atacama - Chile - 1976

A head in the ruins of Copán. This site, significant for Maya archaeology, is located in the mountainous west of Honduras, in the middle of the tropical forest, not far from the border with Guatemala. - 1977

A head with a round mouth in the ruins of Copán. This site, significant for Maya archaeology, is located in the mountainous west of Honduras, in the middle of the tropical forest, not far from the border with Guatemala. - 1977