Kloahu Body Mask, Miniature
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: MINIATURE KLOAHU BODY MASK WITH WOOD HORNS. THE HEAD PORTION OF THE MASK IS AN OVAL MAT WHICH HAS BEEN FOLDED OVER A STICK. THE BODY IS MADE OF PALM FRINGE. THE POINTED WOODEN HORNS ARE ATTACHED TO THE HEAD WITH CORD. THE BACK IS COVERED WITH DOWNY BROWN FEATHERS. THE FRONT OF THE MAT HAS 2 BROWN AND BLACK VERTICLE STRIPES. THE ATTACHED MAT PAD GOES ON THE WEARER'S HEAD TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE MASK; THE WEARER LOOKS OUT THROUGH THE "EYE" IN CENTER OF FACE (SMALL HOLE). THE MAT IS MADE OF BABASSU TIED TO A CORD WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE WOODEN HORNS WITH A LONG STRIP OF DIRTY CLOTH, WHICH IS ITSELF SEWN WITH RED COTTON IN A BLANKET STITCH. FRINGE LEAFLETS ARE BRITTLE AND BREAKING. LOSS OF DOWN ON BACK LEAVING BARE PATCHES. MADE BY AND OBTAINED FROM KWIKWA, A 20 Y/O MALE. FROM ORIGINAL JCL COLLECTION. MADE FOR SALE. 700 CRS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION.
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: E426618-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 117 cm
label: Width - With Horns
content: 87 cm