M0019348: Two Peruvian ceremonial masks with headdresses of orange feathers: front view

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Peruvian ceremonial masks, headdress of orange feathers

Photograph of two wooden ceremonial masks from Peru with headdresses made of orange feathers and plaited human hair. They were purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and given accession numbers A122856 and A122857. They were transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1966. Related images: M0019349EA, M0019349EB

February 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index cards for the items: A122856 and A122857

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.