{"id":10381,"date":"2021-06-21T14:47:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=10381"},"modified":"2021-06-21T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:47:42","slug":"tikuna-animal-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/tikuna-animal-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Tikuna Animal Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> I am hoping that you might be able to help me identify this mask and shed some light about it&#8217;s origin\/provenance\/significance. My parents collected mostly African and Asian masks\/statues and I consider myself to be (moderately) good at placing origin\/regions, but this one completely stumps me.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> I believe this an animal (Cow, Piranha, Bird? What do you think?) mask from the Tikuna people of Colombia, Brazil and Peru.\u00a0 The Tikuna use a lot of cloth in their mask designs and they often depict animals. <em><strong>B<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, the Tikuna people have the largest population of any Amazonian people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10391\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-768x878.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-1344x1536.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-1140x1303.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1-600x686.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask1.jpg 1690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10390\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-1215x1536.jpg 1215w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-1140x1442.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2-600x759.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Animal_Mask2.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I am hoping that you might be able to help me identify this mask and shed some light about it&#8217;s origin\/provenance\/significance. 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