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Object Number
50-2-30/7216
Display Title
Yukuna dance mask for children
Descriptions
Object Description
Child's mask - wicker support covered with fiber; front part has a square of black paint with 2 eyes decorated with red seed-like buttons outlined in white paint.: Dance mask
Inventory Description
Human face mask, wicker frame with bark cloth covering, painted, with seeds.
Classification
- Mask
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1945
Culture
- Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Mirití-Paraná River, Colombia
Materials
Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 38.5 x 22 x 5 cm (15 3/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Richard E. Schultes, 1950
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(1943-1945)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(January 1950)
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