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Object Number
53-47-30/7520.10
Display Title
Painted pitch Yurupari mask (devil) on bark cloth hood - long black raffia tassels
Descriptions
Object Description
Painted pitch masks (devil) on bark cloth (14) - long black raffia tassels Jurupari Mask
Inventory Description
Mask, resin disk, mended, w/ modelled brow and nose, eye perforations, painted w
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
- Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Materials
Bark, Resin, Pigment, Fiber, Raffia
Dimensions
Overall: 91 x 27 x 8.5 cm (35 13/16 x 10 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53-47-30/7520 / 53-47-30/7520.10
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(1953)
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