{"id":4926,"date":"2017-02-09T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2017-02-10T22:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T22:21:55","slug":"indian-mask-from-se-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/indian-mask-from-se-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian mask from SE Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Q:\u00a0 I’m looking for a mask from the Xingu River region.\u00a0 I’m not sure what I’m looking for specifically, but I would love to see what there is!\u00a0\u00a0 Leah, 1102<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 There are many Indian cultures in the huge Amazon region of Brazil.\u00a0 Though I can’t find anything from the Xingu River area, this excellent Karajas piece come from the Araguaia River area in the Matto Grosso lowlands just to the west of the Xingu. It is a tall and elaborately decorated ijas\u00f3<\/em> headdress with grass mask and skirt. They are always made in pairs, and represent spirits called by shamans to visit the Karaj\u00e1s\u2019 villages.\u00a0 Maybe someone who reads this will know more about masks from the nearby Xingu River area.<\/p>\n

You can learn a little more about about Amazon Indian masks on pages 162-3 of Masks of the World<\/em>, by Ibold and Yohn. There is also a \"\"<\/a>specialized book, Arts of the Amazon,<\/em> by Barbara Braun. Both are available on Amazon.com. This ijaso mask can be found in the Smithsonian’s Native American collection.<\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0 I’m looking for a mask from the Xingu River region.\u00a0 I’m not sure what I’m looking for specifically, but I would love to see what there is!\u00a0\u00a0 Leah, 1102 A:\u00a0 There are many Indian cultures in the huge Amazon region of Brazil.\u00a0 Though I can’t find anything from the Xingu River area, this excellent Karajas piece come from the Araguaia River area in the Matto Grosso lowlands just to the west of the Xingu. It is a tall and elaborately decorated ijas\u00f3 headdress with grass mask and skirt. They are always made in pairs, and represent spirits called by shamans to visit the Karaj\u00e1s\u2019 villages.\u00a0 Maybe someone who reads this will know more about masks from the nearby Xingu River area. You can learn a little more about about Amazon Indian masks on pages 162-3 of Masks of the World, by Ibold and Yohn. There is also a specialized book, Arts of the Amazon, by Barbara Braun. Both are available on Amazon.com. This ijaso mask can be found in the Smithsonian’s Native American collection.     Save Save<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}