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Straw face mask - ceremonial
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Object Number 61-7-30/8253
Display Title Straw face mask - ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, panel of gourd with eye, mouth holes, moustache, resin nore, painted featu
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
Materials Gourd, Resin, Hair, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 19 x 10.5 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8253
Provenance
Expedition University of Wisconsin (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Institute of Andean Research (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1957 - 1961)

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