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Clay vessel

In its front view, the body of the vessel resembles the upper half of a female torso, so it is relatively bulbous overall and has an unusual shape. The upper end of the vessel is round, narrow and elongated like the neck of a bottle. The outside of the vessel is decorated with angular and round geometric patterns, typical Kadiweu patterns. These are carved into the clay, the notches are traced with white paint and the resulting fields are painted with the following colours: Shiny black, white, brown-gold, ochre, red-brown, olive green, cream, sand. The "neck of the bottle" is red-brown, probably left natural, the rim emphasised with black. The vessel can be closed with a clay stopper, which is coloured in shiny sand. Its rims are painted black. Note: The Kadiweu use the same patterns on their clay products as for the body painting; see Strauss: Traurige Tropen.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kadiwēu (Cadeuo, Caduveo)
Object type
crock
Dimensions
Diameter: 6,3 cm
Weight: 1,8 kg
Height: 26 cm
Width: 18,3 cm
Depth: 18,6 cm
Depth: 22,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 18956 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Mato Grosso
    who
    Kadiwēu (Cadeuo, Caduveo)
  • Collecting
    who
    Repräsentantinnen der Kadiweu - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 2006
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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