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Clay figure

Catalogue: As an enormous, bell-like structure tapering to a point at the apex, the resin hair encloses the head, neck and upper body up to the level of the protruding breasts, which are connected by three deep furrows. Suggestions of plastic rings on each side of the coiffure indicate the Karaja's armbands and express that the arms were included in the depiction of the coiffure. A bast loincloth is looped underneath the very sculpturally worked belly fold. The thighs are rounded and bulbous. The centre section of the doll - above the navel - shows indentations in the form of punctures of different sizes. Index card : Clay figure with bell-shaped hairstyle

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
Object type
Clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 11 cm
Length: 11 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, Bark bast , Resin
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 14704

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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