Figurine

34-25-171

From: Brazil | Para State | Santarem

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 34-25-171
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tapajo
Provenience Brazil | Para State | Santarem
Culture Area Amazonia
Date Made 1300-1800 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Woman
Description

Buff ware; painted red and black; squatting; one knee missing; thighs, arms, buttocks, chest, and hair painted with black lines; neck with red band bordered by black; ring of black around protruding lips; earplugs shown by circle and dot in black paint; female, wearing loin cloth; belt of red paint, bordered by black shown only at back; wrists braceleted by 2 encircling incised lines. From big hole (see 34-25-17).

Height 13 cm
Credit Line Purchased from John Mayer, 1934

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