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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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