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Yanchana, Bark Cloth

Yanchana, Bark Cloth

2000.01.0667

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Yanchana, Bark Cloth (2000.01.0667)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Art : N/A
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	America, South : Colombia : Arara (Amazonia); from the villages of Arara and from settlements along the Boiauasu and Rio Loreto Yacu in Colombia and from the village of Mari-Acu in Brazil.
Period	N/A
Date	1970
Culture	Tucuna, Tukuna, Ticuna, Tekuna, Maguta

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	Under Review
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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