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Catalogue: The face of the upright figure with a straight, set-off chin is divided into three parts by two vertical curves. Hair falling backwards to the waist is cut short over the forehead. Arms are missing. The protruding breasts are widely spaced. The loincloth made of bark bast runs below the navel hole. Extremely thick thighs, which diverge at an angle, end in a small, rounded point. Incised body painting is found in horizontal lines on the tuberous thighs and in the form of two vertical lines extending from the breasts to below the navel hole. Red surface painting covers the face, neck, chest, torso and thighs. The figure depicts a woman. Index card : Clay figurine, standing woman

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
Object type
Female clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 13,5 cm
Length: 13,2 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, Bark bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 14703

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Araguaia
    who
    Karajá (Iny Karaja)
  • Collecting
    who
    Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Former Possessors
    Harald Schultz - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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