Artifact Record Details
Copyright of the Spurlock Museum. Not-for-profit use allowed for personal, educational, and/or research purposes only, not for publication.
To request permission for publication or other use, please contact the Spurlock Museum Registrar.
Basic Information |
||
|---|---|---|
| Artifact Identification | Bark Cloth Painting (2000.01.0155) | |
| Classification | Communication Artifacts : Art : Painting | |
| Visual Description | All objects outlined in black. Bottom left corner - two fish dotted with black and yellow. Sun. Colorful boa snake with circles and dots in the bottom right. Center of cloth there is a large yellow circle and diamonds radiate to the right and downward. Upper left is an upside down boat of many colors. Upper middle is a house. Upper right is a large rifle or shotgun and small stick person. There is a large gray paddle below the gun. | |
| Artist/Maker | None | |
| Geographic Location | America, South, Colombia, Rio Loreto Yacu | |
| Period/Date | , 1970 | |
| Culture | Tukuna | |
| Locality/Archaeological Site | ||
Physical Analysis |
||
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 162.8 cm | |
| Dimension 2 (Width) | 85.6 cm | |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 0.3 cm | |
| Weight | N/A | |
| Measuring Remarks | Measurements approximate due to condition and not being able to flatten. Weight is waived- CRK Department of Anthropology, Bolian, Charles E., 5/2/1971: 83 x 155 cm. | |
| Materials | Textile--Bark, Pigment | |
| Manufacturing Processes | Painting, Papermaking | |
| Munsell Color Information | waived | |
Research Remarks |
||
| Published Description | Circle, diamonds, boa, house, boat, shotgun, gamitana, fish represented. Bark cloth white; blue from unknown seed, achiote red, nyakuh purple, safroa yellow, battery carbon black. Rio Loreto Yacu, Colombia; 83 x 155 cm. 21795. "Masquerades and Demons". | |
| Scholarly Notes | N/A | |
| Comparanda | 1 --LOA Quantity Field | |
| Bibliography | Masquerades and Demons, Tukuna Bark-Cloth Paintings, Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavillion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Artifact History |
||
| Archaeological Data | N/A | |
| Credit Line/Dedication | Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC | |
| Reproduction | N/A | |
| Reproduction Information | N/A | |