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Clay vase

Starting at the bottom, the vase becomes increasingly bulbous, tapers again and then continues in roughly the same width. It is decorated on the outside with angular and round geometric patterns, typical Kadiweu patterns. These are notched into the clay, the notches are traced with white paint and the resulting fields are painted with the following colours: Shiny black, olive green, ochre, gold, shiny pink, reddish brown, matt pink. Note: The Kadiweu use the same patterns on their clay products as for body painting; see Strauss: Sad Tropics.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kadiwēu (Cadeuo, Caduveo)
Object type
Clay vase
Dimensions
Diameter: 18,7 cm
Weight: 4,1 kg
Height: 36,6 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 25 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 18945

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Mato Grosso
    who
    Lenita Batista da Cruz - Makers
    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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