male clay figure | Photographer: Silke Karg
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male clay figure
Clay doll, female, with woollen bandage around the neck and (unusual) ear sticks (Karteik. Berlin) Clay doll with leg stumps: hair dyed black; engraved eyes, nose, mouth and belly tattoo; cotton fibres wrapped around the neck (head broken off) (Karteik. Vienna) Catalogue: The male clay doll with bulbous thighs clearly shows the pot hairstyle with the mop of hair, the facial markings, the neck ornament made of cotton threads and the slightly indicated arms and breasts. Carvings next to and above the navel were probably for decorative purposes. Entry in the main historical catalogue: Clay doll.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
Object type
male clay figure
Dimensions
Länge x Breite: 8,8 x 5,4 cm
Höhe: 9 cm
Höhe: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 7649
Provenance and sources
where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Araguaia [Fluss]
Village of the "chieftain" Alfredo [Dorf]
who
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
who
Wilhelm G. Kissenberth (1878 - 1944) - Collectors
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