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

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Araguaia [Fluss]
Village of the "chieftain" Alfredo [Dorf]
who
Karajá (Iny Karaja)

who
Wilhelm G. Kissenberth (1878 - 1944) - Collectors

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