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Image Not Available for Mask; bark cloth head covering with painted pitch
Mask; bark cloth head covering with painted pitch
Image Not Available for Mask; bark cloth head covering with painted pitch
Object Number 2008.9.1
Display Title Mask; bark cloth head covering with painted pitch
Descriptions
Object Description Mask; bark cloth head covering, stitched with vegetal fiber, wrapped with light colored vegetal fiber towards the top end, and terminating in a black raffia tassel. Face of wooden oval covered with black pitch, painted with abstract white and yellow linear design. Two holes in bark cloth below face. Pitch cracked, some loss; bark cloth stiff; some raffia loss.
Inventory Description Mask, bark clothing head covering, bound at top with raffia, raffia extention, attached wooden oval facial piece with black pitch and yellow and white linear designs
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1987 or earlier
Culture
  • Ticuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms La Pedrera, near; Amazonas
Materials Olmeidia bark, Moronobea gum, Wood, Vegetable fiber, Raffia, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm (31 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2008.9.1
Credit Line Gift of The Ticuna People
Provenance
Collector Lora Fleming, MD, PhD (1987 - 4/15/08)
Collector Mauricio Ortiz, PhD (1987 - 4/15/2008)
Donor Lora Fleming, MD, PhD (1987 - 4/15/08)
Donor Mauricio Ortiz, PhD (1987 - 4/15/2008)

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