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Fish

Catalogue: In this fish mask, light-coloured raffia is pulled over a cane weave and attached to the mouth opening, which is reinforced by strips of palm pith. Several different coloured concentric circles indicate the eyes. The palps on the sides above and below the open mouth are made of bast beads. Index card : Mask head.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)
Object type
Mask head
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 31 cm
Depth: 50 cm
Weight: 0,4 kg
Material/Technique
Tapa, Basket weave, Cord
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 11620

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    who
    Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)
  • Collecting
    who
    Siegfried Wähner - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Siegfried Wähner, Dresden 1936
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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