Culture/People:

Witoto  Search this

Collector:

Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this

Previous owner:

Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this

Seller:

Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this

Object Name:

Mask

Media/Materials:

Bark cloth

Techniques:

Painted

Object Type:

Masks and Masking

Place:

Río Amazonas (Amazon River); Pebas; Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province; Loreto Region; Peru

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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Catalog Number:

23/9719

Barcode:

239719.000

See related items:

Witoto

Masks and Masking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c3cdb272-775a-4382-9a8e-41e58ab08069

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_255440