Doll
55-18-2
From: Brazil | Banal-Island | Araguaia River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 55-18-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Karaja |
| Provenience | Brazil | Banal-Island | Araguaia River |
| Culture Area | East Brazil |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Clay | Fiber |
| Description | Stylized female figurines; flat faces; long neck; short arms; no hands; bulbous legs and vestigial feet; plant fibre apron worn by each; Body decoration of vegetable dyes (restored); black is genipapo juice, red, uruku dye; designs: zoned-head, neck and back are white; arms, chest, abdomen and legs and buttocks orange-red (-2: more pinkish) black and white linear geometric designs on calves, thighs, buttocks and abdomen as far as breasts on -1 and -2, but extend above on -3; long black hair, orange line on forehead; eyes circular; -2 -3 rest of face omitted. |
| Height | 16.8 cm |
| Width | 5.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Museo Paulista Sao Paulo, 1955 |
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