Ticuna: Mask made of bark cloth, palm fronds, split cane, wax,caiman teeth, and genipap pigments. Worn during the Môca Nova initiation of women into adulthood, it represents the Yurupary Spirit. Photo © Houston Museum of Natural Science.   Detail:

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