Rey Caporal Mask Item Number: 2946/3 a-g from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Black and gold "Rey Caporal" mask (part a) with large bristly black beard and silver pipe and hat. Blue eyes are framed by fine gold tinsel. The mouth has six white teeth and a thick bottom lip, which fades from pink to blue and is decorated with white and black stripes. The tongue is red with a silver border. Curling black hair wraps around the back of the head into the beard. The beard has a white, tarp-like backing. The hat has a box at the front, resting on the brim, which contains five tubes for the five woolly sticks (parts b-f). The sticks alternate colours without the outside and centre sticks having yellow tops and brown bases, and the other two sticks having white tops and yellow bottoms. A cardboard placard (part g) with gold trim sits in front of the sticks.
History Of Use
Rey Caporal mask; used in the Morenada dance, performed during the feast days of the Virgin of Candelaria.
Item History
- Made by Elber Nahuincha (Maker) in Puno, Puno, Peru during 2000
- Collected by Anthony A. Shelton during February 2012
- Owned by Anthony A. Shelton before March 12, 2012
- Received from Anthony A. Shelton (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget (Funding source) on March 12, 2012
What
- Name
- Rey Caporal Mask
- Identification Number
- 2946/3 a-g
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- tin metal, paint, synthetic fibre ?, wood, wool fibre ?, polyester fibre ?, paper, plastic, cotton fibre ? and polyurethane foam
- Overall
- height 72.5 cm, width 80.0 cm, depth 91.0 cm
- Part A
- height 25.5 cm, width 33.0 cm, depth 50.5 cm
- Part B
- height 79.0 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 3.5 cm
- Part C
- height 78.0 cm, width 16.0 cm, depth 4.0 cm
- Part D
- height 80.5 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 4.5 cm
- Part E
- height 76.5 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 3.5 cm
- Part F
- height 79.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 4.0 cm
- Part G
- height 1.5 cm, width 33.0 cm, depth 24.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Peruvian
- Creator
- Elber Nahuincha (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Anthony A. Shelton
- Previous Owner
- Anthony A. Shelton
- Received from
- Anthony A. Shelton (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Puno, Puno, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- during 2000
- Collection Date
- during February 2012
- Ownership Date
- before March 12, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on March 12, 2012
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2946/0003 a-g