Top view | Photographer: Claudia Obrocki | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalTop view | Photographer: Fotoatelier des Museums für Völkerkunde Berlin | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Catalogue XINGÚ: Large wooden mask Catalogue: Masks of South American indigenous peoples: This extremely large wooden mask (caiman mask?), which covers the wearer's head and upper body, is characterised by its clear lines. The sparse black and white drawing on the forehead, eyes and mouth-chin area intensifies to form the richly patterned centre section of the mask, which in turn is emphasised by the white nose line that extends to the very deep-set, small mouth with a piranha bite. The black part of the forehead and the diagonally outward leading chin stripes optically reduce the size of the face. Closer inspection reveals that the nose and forehead are raised. The black-rimmed, pierced eyes appear particularly large due to the suggestion of dark circles, especially as the horizontal line is extended by Japú feathers. A woven raffia hood is used to cover the mask. Entry in the historical catalogue: Large mask with black, white and red bamalung and a raffia pendant. Entry in the main historical catalogue: Large mask
