Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Mask from Kamayurá people, Brazil
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Mask from Kamayurá people, Brazil
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Image View:
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Detail, of head
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Creator:
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unknown (Native American artist)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 70.2003.2.1
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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20th century (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Native Amazonian; Native American
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Style Period:
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Kamayurá
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Work Type 1:
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ceremonial mask
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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feathers; wax; seeds; reeds; wood; vegetable fibers
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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131 cm (height) x 47 cm (width) x 14 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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weaving; basket making; spirits; ritual
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Description:
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The Kamayurá speaking people live in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil, specifically in the Upper Xingu area. They numbered about 600 individuals in 2014. From the village of Rio Xingu. This mask represents those worn by spirits when they occupy the position of humans. It also evokes by its shape and its "beard" of fibers the un-representable character of the "bodies" of non-humans. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MKB-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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