Stock Photo - Funerary Mask, 5th–1st century B.C., Colombia, Calima Valley region, Calima (Ilama), Gold, H. 7 3/4 x W. 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.4 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Lifesize hammered masks are the largest objects produced in gold in the ancient Americas. While most masks were presumably made as burial offerings, this example, with its pierced eyes, cutout mouth, and additional holes for tying at the sides, could have been worn by an individual during life in a ritual or ceremony before being placed with his material wealth in a tomb

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