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Painted pitch mask on bark cloth rope and feather trim
Painted pitch mask on bark cloth rope and feather trim
Object Number 53-47-30/7515
Display Title Painted pitch mask on bark cloth rope and feather trim
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth mask, human face with long hat ending in raffia, painted.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1953
Culture
  • Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Vaupés River
Materials Barkcloth, Raffia
Dimensions Overall: 107 x 24 x 10 cm (42 1/8 x 9 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53-47-30/7515
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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