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Corpus Christi Mask2738/62

Paper mache face mask with white gesso ? backing has fuchsia pink, bright yellow and black facial and headdress details painted onto a pink background. There are cut-outs at mouth, nostrils, eyes, centre of forehead and above the ears at top corners of the mask.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
paper, adhesive, paint and gesso ?
Made in
Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Staff2738/60

Tungurahua-style Corpus Christi staff. Sword-like, light coloured wood stick, with undecorated handle and bright yellow, pink and purple stripes and splashes over the white paint the covers the rest of the surface, has three rectangular shaped birds bound to its pointed tip with metal wire. The triangular shaped shaft is notched along the length of the three edges.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Drum2738/59

Small drum with painted scenes of Corpus Christi celebrations. Light coloured skins are stretched around a circular-shaped twig frame, which are fitted over each end of the central wood piece, secured with another bent twig and bound with green plastic twine and leather fastenings that zigzag between the two. On one end is depicted a priest, an elaborately costumed dance figure and an official, on the other, a red spotted wolf and a yellow jaguar stand beside a rounded harp-like object.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, leather skin, skin, synthetic fibre and paint
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum2738/72

Large drum with both ends covered with skin, one of which is painted with a Corpus Christi scene. Skins are stretched and sewn around a circular-shaped twig frame, which are fitted over each end of the central orange painted wood drum, secured with another bent twig and bound with brown grass twine and leather fastenings that zigzag between the two. On the painted end, in pink, yellow, black and blue on a white background, is depicted an elaborately costumed Corpus Christi dancer, a female spectator, an official and a spotted bird.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, skin, paint, leather skin, grass fibre and metal
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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