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Peleacon Bark Cloth Mask

2000.01.0156

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    Basic Information

    Artifact Identification Peleacon Bark Cloth Mask   (2000.01.0156)
    Classification/
    Nomenclature
    1. Communication Artifacts
      2. :
    2. Personal Symbols
      3. :
    3. Status Symbols
    Artist/Maker Unknown
    Geographic Location
    Period N/A
    Date 1970
    Culture Tukuna, Ticuna, Maguta

    Physical Analysis

    Dimension 1 (Length) 145.1 cm
    Dimension 2 (Width) 41.8 cm
    Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.1 cm
    Weight N/A
    Measuring Remarks Under Review
    Materials Textile--Bark, Pigment
    Manufacturing Processes Painting, Papermaking

    Research Remarks

    Description

    Bark-cloth costume, made for girl's puberty ceremony. Bark cloth sewn with untwisted chambira fiber, owl face, purple hair, rectangular panel on front, two geometric figures, one like a double cross, on back. Bark cloth white; nyakuh purple, safroa yellow, achiote red, green, genipa black. Rio Amaca Yacu, Colombia; 43 x 145 cm. 21865.-"Masquerades and Demons"
    Published Description Under Review
    Bibliography

    Masquerades and Demons: Tukuna Bark-Cloth Painting. Krannert Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue. Champaign: University of Illinois, 1992. Catalogue Number 33. Page 4.

    Artifact History

    Credit Line/Dedication Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
    Reproduction N/A

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