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funeral rites
Funeral rites play a privileged, not to mention primordial role in man’s relationship with what is sacred.
Through their rich ceremonies they underline the point to which death is present and accepted in non-western societies where the deceased, who will become ancestors, are an integral part of life.
This close relationship between the living and the dead very often passes through a vast exchange system that is symbolic, spiritual and physical all at once and manifests itself through offerings and is embodied in the moulded sculpture, a sign of durability and object of memory.
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Ceremonial Sculpture
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Ancestral Skull
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Headdress Mask
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Zoomorphic (fish) Reliquary, Skull
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Funeral Effigy
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Funeral Mannequin
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Mourner's Mask
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Funeral Ceremony
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Bronze Funeral Drum
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Funeral Statue
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Anthropomorphic Statues
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Anthropomorphic Mask
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Reliquary Guardian Statuette
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Skull Representation
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Anthropomorphic Funeral Post
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Female Figure
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Funeral Bag
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Pedestal Bowl, With Zoomorphic Decoration
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Bowl
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Funeral Mask
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Funeral Urn
Funeral Bag
Fardo, Peru, Central Coast, Chancay Culture, 1100-1450 A.D., Human Hair,, Cotton, Camel's Hair Wool, Wood, Bone, Donated by Léon de Cessac, 71.1878.54.83
The funeral fardo covers a body that has been positioned in a fetal pose, and which is wrapped in cloths of varying thickness. It is decorated with a funerary head and bags which contain coca leaves, in particular. This pre-Hispanic Andes costume, which was abandoned after the Conquest, shows the care taken with the deceased's bodies as it appeared in a variety of forms thoughout America.
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