Face/body paint and container

Culture/People
Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)
Expedition sponsor
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum)
Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
Collector
Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968
Collection History
Collected in 1931 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and MAI.
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Place
La Guajira Department; Colombia
See related items
Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)
Personal items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
18/1377
Barcode
181377.000
Object Type
Personal items
Object Name
Face/body paint and container
Media/Materials
Nut/nuts, paint
Techniques
Cut
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6220f7ea0-ebe7-4f0c-8970-d3ac6f6120c6
Record ID
NMAI_194074