Funeral mask: A 2,000-year-old gold face covering designed to confuse the deceased's spirit so it didn't torment the living

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a humanlike gold mask against a black background

A prehistoric gold funeral mask from Java. (Image credit: Yale University Art Museum (CC0 1.0 Universal))
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Name: Funeral mask

What it is: A gold mask with a humanlike face

Where it is from: Java, Indonesia

When it was made: Between 500 B.C. and A.D. 200

This gold mask was mad...

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