Face mask - Tikuna Indian Artefact - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 56942 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Ficus sp | Entry Book Number | 1.1991.2 | |
| Artefact Name | Face mask - Tikuna Indian Artefact | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Face mask - Tikuna Indian Artefact | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas, Vendaval - Tikuna village on Rio Solimoes | ||
| Uses | Face mask - Tikuna Indian ArtefactUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Extra-large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Face mask used in puberty and childhood initiation rites; this mask used for a 1 year old boy. Fibre from Ficus and black lacquer from the bark of Myrcia atramentifera called Cumate. The bark sap is mixed with urine to produce the paint. | |||
| Collector | Prance Prof G | Collector No | 30505 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 29/10/1990 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Tikuna Indian artefact Made from Ficus and Myrcia atramentifera Barb. Rodr. ('Cumate' bark) | ||||
| Determinations: | 67.01 MYRTACEAE Myrcia atramentifera Barb. Rodr. 153.05 MORACEAE Ficus sp | ||||