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Ethnological Museum of Berlin Amerikanische Ethnologie [IV A 555]
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Teufelskopf

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Description

Maske (Teufelskopf) mit Skalp, geschlossenen Augen und offenem Munde.
Jacobsen schreibt: Teufel oder Gott, die einzige Maske, welche an einen Gott erinnert. Freilich speit er Feuer und frisst Menschen. Deshalb habe ich ihn Teufel genannt. Die Indianer kennen keinen guten Gott. "Sonokutl" (schwarz und rot)

Sonokutl = Tsonoqamtl = Tsinóqua Maske

(Zitat Karte)

Angaben zur Herkunft:
Johan Adrian Jacobsen (9.10.1853 - 1947), Sammler
Kanada (Nordwestküste) (Land/Region)
Fort Rupert
Kwakiutl (Kwakwakwa´wakw) (Ethnie)

Material/Technique

Holz, Haar, Pflanzenfaser

Measurements

Höhe: 34 cm; Breite: 27 cm

Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Object from: Ethnological Museum of Berlin

The Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) evolved from the collections of the royal cabinets of art and since its foundation in 1873 has become...

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