Bureru Spirit Mask
Item number 2814/16 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Long tubular mask made of balsa wood. Mask is a long hollow cylinder with ears or wings (parts b & c) protruding from holes at its sides. It is decorated with black and brown geometric patterns composed of triangles, squares, circles and Xs. The face is a yellow circle with protruding eyebrows and nose, a painted lined moustache, oval eyes with eyelashes, a triangle mouth, and semi-circles on the cheeks and forehead. Long wooden L-shaped ears or wings which fit into the holes of the mask have one side decorated with painted circles, the other with painted triangles.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents the bureru spirit (a wader bird living on the shores of the Apaporis river).
Item History
- Made in Vaupes, Colombia between 1965 and 1977
- Collected in Komenya, Vaupes, Colombia during 1977
- Owned by Marlene Samper
- Owned by Diego Samper before September 10, 2010
- Received from Diego Samper (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source) on September 10, 2010
What
- Name
- Bureru Spirit Mask
- Identification Number
- 2814/16 a-c
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
- Part A
- height 37.6 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
- Part B
- height 10.0 cm, width 35.0 cm, depth 2.5 cm
- Part C
- height 10.0 cm, width 34.0 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Where
Who
- Culture
- Makuna
- Previous Owner
- Marlene Samper and Diego Samper
- Received from
- Diego Samper (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1965 and 1977
- Collection Date
- during 1977
- Ownership Date
- before September 10, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on September 10, 2010
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2814/0016 a-c
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