Peleacon Bark Cloth Costume

2000.01.0153

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Artifact Identification Peleacon Bark Cloth Costume   (2000.01.0153)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Personal Symbols
  4. :
  5. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1970
Culture Tukuna, Ticuna, Maguta

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 126.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 93.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.2 cm
Weight N/A
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Textile--Bark, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Painting, Papermaking

Research Remarks

Description

Bark-cloth painting. Fragments of untwisted chambira fiber on seams, hook form on front with eyeholes, moon on back, geometric forms on both sides, made for girl's puberty ceremony. Bark cloth white; achiote red, safroa yellow, chontaduro green, genipa black. Mari Acu, Brazil; 88 x 124 cm. 21775. "Masquerades and Demons"

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Masquerades and Demons: Tukuna Bark-Cloth Painting. Krannert Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue. Champaign: University of Illinois, 1992. Catalogue Number 27. Page 60.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction N/A

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