Loading
Apalai-Wayana Hand Dance Mask
unknowncollected 1973
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
The Apalai-Wayana’s hand dance mask from northern Brazil is used to greet participants at the grand Tocandira feast, an initiation-ritual, where young men are first admitted to the circle of adults. The organizers form a line, while each of them is carrying such a hand mask.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Apalai-Wayana Hand Dance Mask
- Creator: unknown
- Date: collected 1973
- Physical Dimensions: w150 x h110 cm
- From the Amazon area: Brazil
- Provenance: Linden-Museum
- Type: Ritual Object Made of Wood and Feathers
- Rights: Linden-Museum, Foto: Anatol Dreyer
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.