Vessel
34-25-173
From: Brazil | Para State | Santarem
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-25-173 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tapajo |
| Provenience | Brazil | Para State | Santarem |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Date Made | 1300-1800 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Buff ware; on pottery stand, constricted in centre and decorated with incised arcs and vertical lines; three human busts hold bowl to stand; body thickened by coil with life forms, (bats and crocodiles?) in high and full relief; base of neck has encircling fillet; neck decorated with incised vertical and parallel encirling lines. |
| Height | 15.5 |
| Outside Diameter | 14 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from John Mayer, 1934 |
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