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Object Number 53-47-30/7499
Display Title Mulero headdress (5 pieces)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, cylinder, carved human face, 3 perforations, yellow/brown paint, 4 p
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1953
Culture
  • Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia / Amazonas
Additional Geographic Terms Miriti Paraná, Upper; Rio Caquetá, affluent of; Comisaria del Amazonas
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 39.5 x 19.5 x 19 cm (15 9/16 x 7 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 53-47-30/7499/ Numbered/ 7499/ (=)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Richard E. Schultes, 1953
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)
Donor Donated by Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)

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