# Mask used on folk ritual Kamentsa on Chaquiras indigenous people of Colombia

- By: Wilfredor
- Date: 2019-12-23
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mask_used_on_folk_ritual_Kamentsa_on_Chaquiras_indigenous_people_of_Colombia.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mask_used_on_folk_ritual_Kamentsa_on_Chaquiras_indigenous_people_of_Colombia.jpg/1920px-Mask_used_on_folk_ritual_Kamentsa_on_Chaquiras_indigenous_people_of_Colombia.jpg
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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.