Figurine
34-25-171
From: Brazil | Para State | Santarem
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-25-171 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tapajo |
| Provenience | Brazil | Para State | Santarem |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Date Made | 1300-1800 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Buff ware; painted red and black; squatting; one knee missing; thighs, arms, buttocks, chest, and hair painted with black lines; neck with red band bordered by black; ring of black around protruding lips; earplugs shown by circle and dot in black paint; female, wearing loin cloth; belt of red paint, bordered by black shown only at back; wrists braceleted by 2 encircling incised lines. From big hole (see 34-25-17). |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from John Mayer, 1934 |
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