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Wife of the giant Köhäke

Full-body mask: depicting the wife of the giant Kohäke. Colour setting black, brown, ochre Catalogue: Mask of the wife of the giant Kohäke with arakú skin and semicircle pattern. Index card: Mask depicting the wife of the giant Kohäke.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Koroá
Object type
Mask costume
Dimensions
Depth: 145 cm
Length: 81 cm
Diameter: 34 cm
Material/Technique
Bark pulp , Plant fibre , Bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 5592

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Colombia
    Rio Negro
    Rio Cuduyarí
    who
    Káua
    Kobeua (Kobéua, Cobeua)
    Koroá
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1907
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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