Musa leaf bundle bound with Heteropsis vine.

Collection type: Object
Description: Musa leaf bundle bound with Heteropsis vine.
Long description: Musa leaf bundle bound with Heteropsis vine. Inside the bundle is paint made from the Bixa orellona fruit. The paint would have been used for painting the body and various body ornaments.
Geographical reference: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Cultural groups: Sanumá
Person: Field collector Marcus Colchester; PRM source Marcus Colchester
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1980
Date collected: 1979 - 1980
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1981
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Plant Leaf, Material Plant Fruit, Material Creeper Plant, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 160 mm, Width: max 68 mm, Depth: max 61 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1981.33.99 Other numbers: 13

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