Mask Item Number: 2655/179 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Slave mask. Black metal mask with light brown hairy eyelashes that go all the way around the bulging blue eyes. The reddish-pink ears stick out, and the pink cut out mouth has silvery-metallic teeth on the top front row. There are two holes for the nostrils and one hole underneath each upraised eyebrow. Two more holes are at the earlobes, and another two more holes are at either sides of the top of the mask.
History Of Use
Slave mask; used in the Morenada dance, performed during the feast days of the Virgin of Candelaria.
Item History
- Made in Oruro, Bolivia
- Owned by Alfred H. Siemens before August 17, 2005
- Received from Alfred H. Siemens (Donor) on August 17, 2005
What
Who
- Culture
- Bolivian
- Previous Owner
- Alfred H. Siemens
- Received from
- Alfred H. Siemens (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Oruro, Bolivia
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 17, 2005
- Acquisition Date
- on August 17, 2005
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 92
- Accession Number
- 2655/0179