Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Harold Schultz
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Clifford Evans Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CYLINDRICAL SHEATH OF BARKCLOTH, ON THE FRONT OF WHICH HAS BEEN MODELED A HUMAN FACE IN BEESWAX MIXED WITH CHARCOAL - MAKING IT BLACK. PIECES OF WOOD PAINTED RED & YELLOW INSET FOR EYES & TONGUE. ADDITIONAL YELLOW BANDS& DOTS ACROSS THE FACE. STRIP OF BARK CLOTH FASTENED ON EACH SIDE AS EARS. USED IN GIRLS PUBERTY CEREMONY (1958) & CALLED A "MONKEY MASK." REF: MIMUENDAJU, 1948, P. 718.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tucuna
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 345736
label: USNM Number
content: E421947-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm