Dry desert inspired variety of mummies
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 17:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Some Chinchorro mummies are covered in black paint and wear simple face masks and wigs of human hair; others are painted red, with more lifelike faces and bodies filled with earth, feathers and clay. Still others are wrapped in coiled vegetable fiber, and others covered in mud, but otherwise left alone.