Tamoko (Tamok) mask/costume
bark cloth, beeswax, kaolin clay, pigment and palm-frond
fibers, mounted on a
custom stand
height: approx. 162 cm
Wayana-Aparai people
northern Brazil, Amazon region
20th century
provenance: collected in the Brazilian Amazon by Jack Daulton
This type of costume is used during the Cumeeira hut-dedication
ceremony (also known as the Pono dance).
