Mask

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Culture/People: Ticuna (Tucuna)
Collector: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
Previous owner: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
Seller: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998

Collection History: Collected between 1965 and 1966 by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s); purchased by MAI from Nicole H. Maxwell in 1967.
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Place: Río Amazonas (Amazon River); Mariasú; Maynas Province; Loreto Region; Peru

See related items: Ticuna (Tucuna); Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 23/9704
Barcode: 239704.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items

Object Name: Mask
Media/Materials: Wood, bark cloth
Techniques: Carved, painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6279a6042-200c-4d6d-864c-851f316f1d52

Record ID: NMAI_255425