Mask, Devil Dance, (Riri Yaka)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Jason Schoonover
label: Donor Name
content: Jason Schoonover
notes: label: Notes
content: DEVIL DANCE MASK - RIRI YAKA "DEMON OF BLOOD". FACE OF A MONKEY. PAINTED BRIGHT RED. JAW MOVEABLE AT ONE TIME, HOWEVER RUBBER(?) USED TO HINGE JAW IS MUCH DETERIORATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY WIRE ON THE LEFT. TEETH WHITE WITH BLACK GAPS. HEAVY BLACK EYEBROWS PAINTED ON. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, "HE IS THE MOST DREADFUL AND POWERFUL OF THE DEMONS. DISEASES IN WHICH PATIENTS SUFFER A LOSS OF BLOOD ARE CAUSED BY HIM. HE HAUNTS DEATHBEDS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364316
label: USNM Number
content: E424090-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask