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Peruvian Kaxinawá face mask
A mask made of a medium-sized gourd. Facial features are affixed with beeswax. There is a nose (with feathers through each side, one has fallen off), eyebrows, a mouth (broken off and in a bag), and cut out eyes. Human hair on top of the head is…
Peruvian Kaxinawá face mask
A face mask made of a large gourd. The face features beeswax eyebrows, a nose, a mouth with ten teeth (represented by armadillo scales), a mustache (made with human hair attached with beeswax), and cut out eyes. Some carving is featured on the left…
Peruvian Kaxinawá female face mask
A female face mask made of a very large gourd. The face features beeswax eyebrows (one missing), a long nose, wide mouth with eight teeth (represented with armadillo scales), ears, and cut out eyes. Human hair on top of the head is held in place with…
Peruvian Kaxinawá capuchin monkey teeth adorned belt
A heavy cotton belt/hip band adorned with a double row of capuchin monkey teeth. The belt is fastened together with 7 braided cotton strands. There are about 320 teeth on this belt. Paired with item 1966-1-37.
Notes on accession card:
"Teeth of…
Notes on accession card:
"Teeth of…
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace
A necklace consisting of seven strands of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), grayish-brown seeds (termed "Mai-Matsi"), and large black seeds. length- 47 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace
A necklace with 12 strands consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi) and large black seeds. length- 43 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá clam shell nose piece
A nose piece consisting of one curved, greenish-brown clam shell with smooth edges and white string. Worn by men.
length of string- 15 cm
length of string- 15 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá clam shell ear plugs
Round disks made from clam shell painted red-orange, black and white and attached to wooden cylindrical cane post. The black paint is made of a beeswax, rubber, and chicle mixture (Bui) while the red-orange paint is "Achiote".
Note on accession…
Note on accession…
Peruvian Kaxinawá clam shell ear plugs
Round disks made from clam shell; painted black and white and attached to cylindrical cane post.
Notes on accession card:
"black paint: beeswax, rubber, chicle mixture
bright orange: Achiote"
shell a width- 5 cm
shell b width- 6 cm
wooden…
Notes on accession card:
"black paint: beeswax, rubber, chicle mixture
bright orange: Achiote"
shell a width- 5 cm
shell b width- 6 cm
wooden…
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings
A pair of earrings consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), brownish-gray, large black, and hollow open-ended brown seeds. Part a has fifteen strands, part b has 18 strands. Notes on accession card:"Long earrings of Job's tears to be worn with…
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Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton belt
A cotton belt/ hip band consisting of a heavy, narrow white and black woven band; white, blue, and pink fringe; and white string at either end.…