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Face mask

Small face mask catalogue: A light-coloured raffia hood with two protuberances ("horns") one behind the other is attached to a halved, black-coloured calabash as a face. A large, strongly curved wooden nose, two round plugs made of light-coloured light wood as eyes and an over-modelled animal bite with inserted, trimmed teeth made of sheet tin are glued onto the calabash. The ears are formed by bent plant stems covered with raffia. There are two holes under the wooden eyes for the eyes of the mask wearer. Index card : Small face mask.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)
Object type
Face mask
Dimensions
Weight: 0,3 kg
Height: 44 cm
Width: 45 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Resin , Wood, Tapa, Metal , Wax
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 11607

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Tacana
    Rio Solimóes
    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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