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Bark Cloth

Tikuna Indian mask

Tikuna Indian mask

Catalogue no:

71869

Botanical classification:

MORACEAE Ficus sp.

Donor:

Professor G. Prance

Donor date:

1991

Geographical origin:

South America, Brazil, Rio Solimoes, Vendaval

 

Made of the beaten bark of the Ficus tree, this mask would have been used in puberty rites of the Tikuna Indians living in the village of Vendaval . Donated as recently as 1991, this item attests to the collecting still carried out today in an effort to preserve disappearing uses of plants.

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