Child's Peleacon Bark Cloth Costume

2000.01.0918

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Child's Peleacon Bark Cloth Costume   (2000.01.0918)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Personal Symbols
  4. :
  5. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date N/A
Culture Tukuna, Ticuna, Maguta

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 77.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 29 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) 23 cm
Weight 793 g
Measuring Remarks Height and Weight measurements taken with stuffing inside artifact. -SDB 6/22/2006 Department of Anthropology, Bolian, Charles E., 5/3/1971: 41 x 81 cm.
Materials Plant--Bark, Pigment, Textile
Manufacturing Processes Twisting, Plaiting, Sewing, Drying, Dyeing, Papermaking
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

1 --LOA Quantity Field

Bibliography

Masquerades and Demons: Tukuna Bark-Cloth Painting. Krannert Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue. Champaign: University of Illinois, 1992. Catalogue Number 35. Page Number 54.

Artifact History

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

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