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in the shape of a jaguar head

Catalogue: The mask depicts the head of a jaguar. Light-coloured bark bast with painted black and yellow circles and dots covers a cane weave. The eyebrows, emphasised by attached light wood, are further accentuated by a coat of pitch, as are the eyes, which are framed by thick round bast beads containing glass splinters. The nose is a long, attached bast bead; two rows of carved wooden teeth are bound with bast strips in the half-open mouth, which is painted with pitch. Entry in the historical catalogue: Mask. Entry in the main historical catalogue: Mask

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)
Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 54 x 26 x 28 cm
Material/Technique
Bark bast , Wax, Basket weave, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 1757

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
who
Tikuna (Ticuna, Tukuna, Magüta)

who
Staudinger, Otto - Collectors

Description
Access 1885

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