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Object Number
53-47-30/7520.7
Display Title
Painted pitch Yurupari mask (devil) on bark cloth hood - long black raffia tassels
Descriptions
Object Description
Painted pitch masks (devil) on bark cloth (14) - long black raffia tassels Jurupari Mask
Inventory Description
Mask, resin circle w/ protruding brow ridge and nose, eye holes, painted w/ ye
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
- Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
South Western Colombia
Materials
Bark, Resin, Pigment, Fiber, Raffia
Dimensions
Overall: 87 x 26 x 8.5 cm (34 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
53-47-30/7520 / 53-47-30/7520.7
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(Spring 1953)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(October 1953)
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