Kloahu Body Mask, Miniature
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: MINIATURE KLOAHU BODY MASK MADE OF BURITI FROND AND FEATHERS. DR NEWTON SAYS THE DESIGN NAME IS "PIECE OF KNIFE". AN OVAL-SHAPED WOVEN MAT FOLDED OVER FIBER-WRAPPED STICK TIED DOWN WITH CROSS-TIES FORMS THE HEAD. LONG FRINGES WHICH FORM THE BODY ARE THREADED THROUGH MAT END AND PIG-TAILED ON THE INDSIDE. THE BACK OF THE MASK HEAD IS COVERED WITH DOWNY BROWN FEATHERS. THE FRONT HAS 2 BROWN RESINOUS VERTICLE STRIPES ABOUT 3 CM WIDE. TWO THIN 33 CM STICKS (PAU ROXO) ARE TIED DOWN AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF MAT FOR HORNS. A THIN CORD HANDLE IS TIED TO THE ENDS OF THE STICK. MADE FOR SALE BY BENJAMIN, A 29 Y/O MALE. HIDUHI (36 Y/I MALE) COMMENT BY DR. NEWTON: NAME FOR MASK DESIGN LIKE THIS ONE, BUT IN BLACK (IS WHAT HE HAD) MEANS SATOBA FRUIT. 30 CRS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E426806-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 54 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 35 cm