Costume
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Nov. 5, 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Hewitt Crosby
label: Donor Name
content: Hewitt Crosby
notes: label: Notes
content: SLEEVELESS DANCE GOWN & MASK WORN IN GIRL'S PUBERTY RITE BY A PERSON ACTING OUT THE ROLE OF A DEMON. 1/2 MASK (H.47CM.,W.44CM.) POINTED HOOD OF UNDYED BARKCLOTH MADE TO FIT OVER THE HEAD. CIRCULAR PIECE OF BARK CLOTH PAINTED WITH BLACK & YELLOW DESIGN ATTACHED TO TOP OF HOOD WITH TWO OTHER CIRCULAR PIECES ON EITHER SIDE OF FACE. FACE OF THICK BLACK RESIN WITH DEISGN PAINTED IN WHITE, TEETH & NOSE OF WOOD. SHREDDED BROWN FIBER EXTENDING DOWN BACK OF MASK.2/2 GOWN (L.135CM., W.54CM UNDYED BARKCLOTH FOLDED OVER ONCE INTO TUBULAR SHAPE. SIDE SEWN TOGETHER WITH TWINE. BOTTOM OPENING FRINGED WITH SHREDDED BROWN FIBER. ARMHOLES NEAR TOP OPENING. DECORATED WITH PAINTED FIGURES OF ANIMALS (ALLIGATOR, BIRD, SNAKE, LIZARD, FROG, TURTLE, BAT, MOTH, PECCARY) IN BLACK, YELLOW, AND GREEN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Vendeval, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tikuna
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 362300
label: USNM Number
content: E425729-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Height - Mask
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Mask
content: 44 cm
label: Length - Gown
content: 135 cm
label: Width - Gown
content: 54 cm