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Bureru Spirit Mask2814/14 a-c

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 and circles. The face is a yellow circle with oval eyes, a semi-circle mouth, semi-circle cheeks and protruding eyebrows and nose. The ears are decorate on one side iwith painted circles, the other with painted triangles.

Culture
Makuna
Material
balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bureru Spirit Mask2814/13 a-c

Long tubular mask made of balsa wood. Mask is a long hollow cylinder (part a) with ears or wings (parts b & c) protruding from holes at its sides. It is is decorated with black and brown geometric patterns composed of triangles, squares and circles. The face is a yellow circle with oval eyes, a rectangular nose, triangle mouth and squared cheeks. The ears are decorated with a starburst design on one side, and on the other side a curved X design with a circle in the centre.

Culture
Makuna
Material
balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nokoro Spirit Mask2814/9

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. It has a large circle with a flower pattern on the forehead, circle eyes, triangle mouth and semi-circles on the cheeks and chin. The nose is missing and eyebrows have broken off.

Culture
Makuna
Material
bark, resin, balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Norkoro Spirit Mask2814/8

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. It has a triangle mouth, circle eyes, and three triangles on the forehead with two semi circles and one concentric circle. The face has protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.

Culture
Makuna
Material
bark, resin, balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nokoro Spirit Mask2814/6

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. There are three concentric circles on the forehead, four concentric circles for the eyes and cheeks, vertical lines decorating the eyebrows and a small semi-circle mouth forming a smile. The face has protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.

Culture
Makuna
Material
bark, resin, balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/57

Blowgun with long cylindrical palm wood shaft, hollow on the inside. A second round hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end of the shaft, and is held in place with resin and adhesive. Shaft is circled by ever-closer naturally occurring growth rings from top to bottom. At top is a flared hollow mouthpiece attached to the shaft with resin. Close to the shaft’s top is a rounded protrusion of resin holding two thin strips of wood(?) that are orange and white in colour.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blowgun2814/56

Blowgun with a long cylindrical palm wood shaft, hollow in the middle. A second smaller hollow tube of wood has been inserted fully into the bottom end, and is held in place with resin and adhesive. At top is a flared hollow mouthpiece, attached to the shaft with resin and a loop of hair.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm wood, resin and wood
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan Flute2814/40

Flute with eight progressively shorter and narrower pipes, held together with palm twine tied around the width. The pipes are open at the mouth end and closed at the other.

Culture
Makuna
Material
tucum palm fibre and reed grass
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nokoro Spirit Mask2814/4

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. It has a triangle mouth, circle eyes, and semi-circles on the forehead. The face has protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.

Culture
Makuna
Material
bark, resin, balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body Paint Container2814/38 a-b

Black body paint container in the shape of a teardrop, made from a palm seed. Geometric designs are carved into the seed. There are two circular indents on the bottom half of the seed, and one circular hole on the other side into which part b fits. There is a line around the middle of the seed, bissecting it, suggesting that these two parts once could come apart. Part b is a small wood stopper with red pigment on one half. Coloured part inserts into the hole in part a.

Culture
Makuna
Material
palm seed and pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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