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New Acquisition: Aya Uma Mask

  • Post Date: 02/27/2018
  • Author: Amy Heggemeyer
  • Reading Time: 1 minute read

2017.09—Aya Uma mask, Whitten donation
This Aya Uma mask was donated by Norman Whitten in 2017. It dates to 1983. Aya Uma means "spirit head." It is sometimes called a devil mask. This type of mask is used in the Inti Raymi festival held in Otavalo, Ecuador.

  • top view of orange mask with colorful hair and playful expression
  • top view of blue mask with colorful hair and playful expression