Mask for Kwahahalu Ceremonial Costume (Male)
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 (male). Part 1 Mask: Made by Dragonfly, a middle aged male household head. Face: Buriti palm ribs woven into a flat mat with native cotton string. Nose: beeswax, mouth: beeswax set with piranha jaw, eyes: beeswax set with bits of mother-of-pearl. Back painted with "top-of-the anaconda" and front with "pacu fish" patterns.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: E424859-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt
content: 63 cm
label: Width - Skirt
content: 180 cm
label: Length - Cape
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Cape
content: 129 cm
label: Length - Scarifier
content: 82.8 cm
label: Width - Scarifier
content: 8.7 cm
label: Length - Mask
content: 129.5 cm
label: Width - Mask
content: 35.5 cm