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Painted pitch mask on bark cloth head dress (snake mask)
Painted pitch mask on bark cloth head dress (snake mask)
Object Number 53-47-30/7509
Display Title Painted pitch mask on bark cloth head dress (snake mask)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth mask, long rectangular, with painted snake head disc ornament.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
  • Makuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Popeyacá
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 124 x 22.3 x 11.5 cm (48 13/16 x 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53-47-30/7509
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)

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