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Scarification device

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Entry in the historical catalogue: Scarification instrument: Calabash bowl with inserted Trahira teeth. Entry in the main historical catalogue: Scarification instrument with tsahra teeth.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kayapó
Object type
Scarification device
Dimensions
Length: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Tooth (animal)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 7948

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Pao d'Arco
    who
    Kayapó
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm G. Kissenberth (1878 - 1944) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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