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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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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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Nokoro Spirit Mask2814/3

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 is a concentric circle in the centre of the forehead, semi-circles lining the sides of the face, and a triangle mouth. 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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Dart Quiver2814/46 a-t

Dark brown wooden dart holder (part a), with 19 darts (parts b-t). Quiver is long and cylindrical and narrows slightly towards the base. Made of palm wood, with resin around the base. String is tied around the rim and attaches to a lid woven in a zig zag pattern. There is a circular wooden bead attached to the string. Inside the quiver there is a bundle of sticks wrapped in twine to hold the darts in place. Each dart is composed of a thin wooden stick with cotton tied to the tips with a thin piece of string.

Culture
Makuna
Material
guarumo leaf, palm wood, fibre, curare resin, rubber, grass, resin and kapok fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bureru Spirit Mask2814/15 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 and squares. The face is a brown circle with oval eyes, semi-circle cheeks, a carved mouth and protruding eyebrows and nose. Ears are circular and are decorated with a starburst design on one side.

Culture
Makuna
Material
balsa wood, rubber and clay pigment
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Termite Spirit Mask2814/10

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. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large diamond made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow concentric diamond shapes.

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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