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female clay figure

Catalogue: Female clay doll with black wax hair, indistinct facial markings, strong breast modelling and bast bandage. There are vertical stripes (carvings?) on both sides of the navel hole. Entry in the main historical catalogue: Clay doll.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
Object type
female clay figure
Dimensions
Depth: 8,5 cm
Length: 8,5 cm
Width: 5,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, Wax, Bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 7630

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Araguaia
    Village of the "chieftain" Alfredo
    who
    Karajá (Iny Karaja)
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm G. Kissenberth (1878 - 1944) - 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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