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Mask used on folk ritual Kamentsa on Chaquiras indigenous people of Colombia
2019-12-23
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Ceremonial mask with chaquira-style beadwork made by an Indigenous artist of the Kamëntšá people in Colombia. Used in spiritual rituals related to abundance and sexuality, and in medicinal rituals in which ayahuasca tea is consumed. Collection of the Museu Banespa in the Altino Arantes Building, São Paulo, Brazil.
