Mayan Death Mask

Vintage Abalone, Stone, Shell Face Burial Death Mask, Mexico Mayan, Aztec.


A death mask was created so that the soul would recognise its body, and return to it safely. Death masks were also believed to help to guard a dead person from evil spirits in the afterlife. If the dead person was important, their mummified body would have been put into a special wooden coffin called a sarcophagus.



This mask is perfect, there is no damage at all. This mask is larger than most other Mayan death masks you'll find online. This mask is the same size as a human face, and may have been worn in a death by a mayan.


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