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Yukuna dance mask for children
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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