Shinje Taita Dancer Item Number: 3010/22 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Shinje Taita or Father Sun dancer figure. Male figure (part a) wears long grey tunic, beige pants and shoulder wrap, and blue wrap across the opposite shoulder. The figure wears a red mask with black eyebrows, and prominent pursed lips. Headband across top of mask alternates yellow and green squares, and has several feathers protruding upwards from. Figure wears beaded necklace, alternating from red seeds to long wooden canine teeth. Figure holds a red spear in his left hand (part c), and a yellow bell (part d) in his right. Arms move at the shoulder, and legs at the hip. The wooden base (part b) with two leather footholds.