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Yanchana, Bark Cloth

2000.01.0667

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Artifact Identification Yanchana, Bark Cloth   (2000.01.0667)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1970
Culture Tucuna, Tukuna, Ticuna, Tekuna, Maguta
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 48.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 33.2 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight N/A
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plant--Bark, Pigment, , "Cloth made from the inner layer of bark from Ficus or Lecythis that have edible nuts known locally as sapucaia, Colors from native plants; achiote seed (Bixa orellana) red, saffron (Crocus sativus) yellow, (Genipa americana) black, blue, and purple, " Cheri Vitez, Research Associate. 4/26/2011, ,
Manufacturing Processes Painting

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Guchte, Maarten van de, Brewer, Douglas (Eds.) (1992) Masquerades and Demons :Tukuna bark-cloth printing [Urbana, Ill.]: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

Lowie, R.H., et al. (Eds.) (1952) University of California publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. Berkeley, Calif.: The University Press, Volume 45, “The Tukuna” by Curt Nimuendaju; “Girls Puberty” pgs. 73-92.

Schultz, Harald. (1959) Tukuna Maidens Come of Age. National Geographic, ??, 628-649.

Schultz, Harald. (1962 i.e. 1963)
Hombu: Indian life in the Brazilian Jungle. New York, Macmillan. “Virgin Initiation among the Tucunas of the Upper Amazon” Color plates, pgs. 62, 63, 66, 67, 72, 73, and 86.

Steward, Julian Haynes (Ed.) (1963) Handbook of South American Indians. N.Y. Cooper Square Publishers, V. III The Tropical River Tribes. The Tucuna by Curt Nimuendaju pgs. 713-725; “Girls’ Puberty Rite” pgs. 718-720; plates 64 & 65 for bark cloth and girls puberty rites.

Margarita Chaves, "Of Anacondas, the Amazon, and Tukuna Art." In Guchte, Maarten van de. 1992. "Masquerades and demons: Tukuna bark-cloth painting: an exhibition." [Urbana]: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 15.

Maarten van de Guchte and Douglas J. Brewer, "Masquerades and Demons: An Introduction to Tukuna Bark-Cloth Painting." In Guchte, Maarten van de. 1992. "Masquerades and demons: Tukuna bark-cloth painting: an exhibition." [Urbana]: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 7.

Artifact History

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

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