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Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends; rascal mask
Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends; rascal mask
Object Number 53-47-30/7514
Display Title Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends; rascal mask
Descriptions
Object Description Painted pitch mask on bark cloth mounted on a stick with raffia ends (Turi (rascal) mask usually represents a white man)
Inventory Description Mask, human face of painted pitch with feather and glass, bark cloth, fringe.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
  • Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Materials Fiber, Bark, Pitch, Feather, Glass, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 68 x 26.5 x 10 cm (26 3/4 x 10 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)

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