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Burial Mask
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The young lord in Tomb 2 at Dos Cabezas was interred with several nose ornaments and this mask. He was likely wearing the rectangular gold nose ornament with a silver stepped-design border at the time of his burial. The X-shaped example featuring a monkey and Crested Animals had fallen down the left side of his face. The owl, with its projecting pale gold beak, was intentionally compressed at the sides and then placed in the young lord’s mouth. The bat ornament was found nearby.
Además de la máscara funeraria, el joven noble de la Tumba 2 del sitio de Dos Cabezas fue enterrado con varias narigueras. En el momento de su entierro, es probable que llevara puesta la nariguera de oro rectangular con el borde de plata y formas escalonadas. El adorno en forma de "x" que representa a un mono y animales con cresta se encontraba del lado izquierdo de su rostro. El búho, con su pálido y prominente pico dorado, fue intencionalmente comprimido de cada lado y luego colocado en la boca del joven noble. El ornamento en forma de murciélago fue encontrado cerca de allí.
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