ID: 700008869 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008869	Record Type: Movable Work

Ceremonial Mask (ceremonial mask; uknown Taino; N/A; Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte (Río Piedras, S...; unavailable; )

Note: Ceremonial mask probably worn by a Taino shaman for religious ceremonies. This mask is made from a curved piece of bone from a sea turtle (Chelonia imbricata). It has two holes on each end through which a cord was inserted and used to tie the mask to the face. The mask only covers the eyes and a portion of the upper nose area.

Titles:

Ceremonial Mask (preferred,C,U,English-P,T,U)

Bohíque Mask (C,U,English,T,U)

Máscara ceremonial (C,U,Spanish-P,U,U)

Máscara de Bohíque (C,U,Spanish,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

ceremonial mask [300263916] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), <costume by function>, masks (costume))

Classifications:

Pre-Columbian art (preferred)

Creation Date: N/A

Creator Display:

uknown Taino [preferred]

unknown Taino (Taino cultural designation) [500204334]

Locations:

Current: Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte (Río Piedras, San Juan, North and Central America) [500310776] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: unavailable

Credit Line: Donated by Jos$00e L. Montalvo Guenard

Other: Discovery: Diego Hernandez Barrio [8060350] Yauco (municipality), Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: sea turtle bone

	bone (material) [300011798]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>)

	sea turtles [300310521]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class), Anapsida (subclass), Testudines (order))

Dimensions: 3.5 x 15 x .5 cm

Cultures:

Taino (preferred)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	face (animal component) [300251798]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Ceremonial Mask	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Taínos: Objetos Ceremoniales (2007)
Bohíque Mask	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Taínos: Objetos Ceremoniales (2007)
Máscara ceremonial	........ [VP]
	........ Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Taínos: Objetos Ceremoniales (2007) 36
Máscara de Bohíque	........ [VP]
	........ Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Taínos: Objetos Ceremoniales (2007) 36

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Taínos: Objetos Ceremoniales (2007)