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Butterfly

Catalogue: Butterfly mask (Kobéua: bebéte). The object is identified as a butterfly mask by the long, curled trunk and the preserved wing. The wings, cap and centre section are decorated in the same way: a central strip with a circular pattern is flanked on both sides by serrated bands. Index card: mask depicting a butterfly.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Kaúa (Baniwa verwandt)
Object type
Mask suit
Dimensions
Breite: 87 cm mit Armen
Tiefe: 34 cm (Korpus)
Höhe: 172 cm mit Ständer
Höhe x Breite: 156 x 46 cm
Breite: 46 cm (Korpus)
Material/Technique
Bark bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 6011

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Negro [Region]
Rio Aiary [Fluss]
who
Kaúa (Baniwa verwandt)

who

Description
Purchase from Dr Theodor Koch in 1907

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