CAPULI Pre Columbian ART POTTERY Funeral Death 3\" MASK Indigenous Narino Culture For Sale

Amazing Small 3\" Capuli / Indigenous Andean Narino Culture, Very Old Unknown Art Pottery. Mask appears to be a Capulí mask / funerary mask, likely from the Capulí culture, which flourished in the Andean region of present-day northern Ecuador and southern Colombia between approximately 800–1500 CE.

Function: These masks were often placed in tombs as part of burial rites, possibly representing ancestors or spiritual entities.

Previous owner was a world traveler, item has wear and age as shown. Back is Signed Symbol Mark as shown.