Gold-gilded bronze funerary mask

Gold-gilded funerary mask from the Liao dynasty, 907 to 1125 A.D. Found in Naiman Banner, Zhelimu League. The mask is made of bronze sheets, which were assembled and then gilded. This is one of the largest Qidan funerary masks found in Inner Mongolia to date.

GENGHIS KHAN: TREASURES OF INNER MONGOLIA was organized and circulated by the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Credits Photographer: Marc Carter. Source: Collection of the Zhelimu League Museum

Caption source: Adam T. Kessler (1994) Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 108-109.

Image source: Photo CD 6315 3021 1433, Image # 011