Kwahahalu Ceremonial Costume (Female)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1989
label: Collection Date
content: April 8, 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: COSTUME WORN IN THE KWAHAHALU CURING CEREMONY (FEMALE) PT.1 MASK: MADE BY GREY HAIR, A MIDDLE-AGED MALE HOUSEHOLD HEAD. FACE: BURITI PALM RIDS WOVEN INTO FLAT MAT WITH COTTON STRING OR BURITI CORD; NOSE: BEESWAX; MOUTH: BEESWAX SET WITH PIRANHA JAW; EYES: BEESWAX SET WITH BITS OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL. FRONT PAINTED WITH "PACU FISH" PATTERN A COMMON WAURA MOTIF. PT.2 SKIRT: MADE OF BURITI STRAW KNOTTED TO A WAIST STRING OF BURITI FIBER. USED IN CEREMONY ONLY AND INTENDED TO DISGUISE PERFORMER AND TO ADD TO MYSTERY OR COSTUME. PT.3 CAPE: MADE OF BURITI STRAW KNOTTED TO A STRING OF BURITI FIBER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Xingu National Park, Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361012
label: USNM Number
content: E424858-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt
content: 58 cm
label: Width - Skirt
content: 130 cm
label: Length - Cape
content: 70 cm
label: Width - Cape
content: 88 cm
label: Length - Mask
content: 153 cm
label: Width - Mask
content: 43 cm