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Mask

Index card : Mask made of brownish raffia and a carved face piece to which the raffia is attached. The raffia hood is stapled together at the top, ending in raffia fibres. With the exception of the red-painted eyes and mouth, the face is covered in resin. Extremely large and round ears (painted). Colours: black, red, yellow

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)
Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Height: 55 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Weight: 0,3 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Wax, Resin , Tapa
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 15436

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    who
    Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Unknown 1972
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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