"Cara Grande" mask
date: label: Date created
content: 1960-1963
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tapirapé (Tapirape)
label: Collector
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
label: Seller
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1962 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); purchased by MAI from Borys Malkin in 1963.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tapirapé (Tapirape)
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/3299
label: Barcode
content: 233299.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
label: Indigenous Term
content: tawã arawãja
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: "Cara Grande" mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, macaw feather/feathers, cordage, paint, shell/shells, tree pitch/gum
label: Techniques
content: Carved, wrapped, glued, painted