Dance crest ·  Amazon · ID: 3032376

Description

cane framework (Scitamine stems), coated with bark cloth (from Couratari trees), painted with yellow ochre, reddish brown and green, helmet-shaped with see holes cut in, crowned by an anthropomorphic head with handle-shaped ears, a train of 270 cm on the back, painted with zigzag patterns, good condition;
coming from the Juri-Taboca or Tikuna Indians. Presumably depicting the big water snake (compare Lommel, 1960, plate 2 - 4). The animal masks are demonic depictions of the respective animal species.

The object Dance crest with the object ID 3032376 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 56.

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Comparing literature

Lommel, Andreas (Hg.), Indianer vom Amazonas, München 1960