Shaman's mask (Image withheld)

Culture/People
Witoto
Artist/Maker
Yaviri, Witoto
Expedition
Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America (1940-1941) (Wenner-Gren Peru Expedition)
Expedition leader
Dr. Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös), Non-Indian, 1897-1963
Expedition sponsor
Axel Wenner-Gren, Non-Indian, 1881-1961
Donor
Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
Collection History
Collected between 1940 and 1941 during the Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America, led by anthropologist and filmmaker Paul Fejos (1897-1963) and sponsored by Swedish industrialist Axel Wenner-Gren (1881-1961); donated to MAI by the Viking Fund, Inc. in 1941.
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Place
Río Amazonas (Amazon River) area near frontiers of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil; Río Ampiyacu; Maynas Province; Loreto Region; Peru
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Witoto
Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
20/4817
Barcode
204817.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
Native Term
higa
Object Name
Shaman's mask (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Bark cloth, fruit rind/peel, asphaltum/bitumen, paint, mirror
Techniques
Painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ef26b82f-0bd3-4b35-ab00-ae95bbf6c0a1
Record ID
NMAI_218755