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Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends
Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends
Object Number 53-47-30/7513
Display Title Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask mounted on bark cloth, painted, metal eyes/teeth, feathers
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1953
Culture
  • Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Materials Feather, Wood, Bark, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 26.5 x 4.2 cm (18 1/8 x 10 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Richard E. Schultes, 1953
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)
Donor Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)

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