Mask
Item number Eh122 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Eh122 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Mask representing a monkey painted red overall with yellow, white, and black eyebrows, protruding eyes with a crescent-shaped slit under each, a flat low relief nose, twelve upper white teeth, no lower jaw. Remnants of plant fibre attached to nails in tufts along the forehead and upper jaw.
Used in ceremony of healing during dances involving petitioning of supernatural spirits to achieve benefits for the patient. It is believed that afflictions and diseases are caused by these spirits, or demons, and that cures may be effected by ritual specialists
Red colouring is representative of bloodthirsty men and also of a demon, known as Riri Yakka, associated with fevers and stomach pain, and injuries causing a flow of blood.
ritual exorcism
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Red colouring is representative of bloodthirsty men and also of a demon, known as Riri Yakka, associated with fevers and stomach pain, and injuries causing a flow of blood.
ritual exorcism
Used in ceremony of healing during dances involving petitioning of supernatural spirits to achieve benefits for the patient. It is believed that afflictions and diseases are caused by these spirits, or demons, and that cures may be effected by ritual specialists
Mask representing a monkey painted red overall with yellow, white, and black eyebrows, protruding eyes with a crescent-shaped slit under each, a flat low relief nose, twelve upper white teeth, no lower jaw. Remnants of plant fibre attached to nails in tufts along the forehead and upper jaw.
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