Horn (animal part)

65-10-191

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pun Iti
Object Number 65-10-191
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Clay | Pigment
Description

Clay; small round bowl; long slender neck; large hole in bowl; light brown clay painted with red rectilinear designs, also lightly incised rectilinear designs; one smudge mark; broken and repaired; blown through small hole. Used as noisemaker for any ritual, mainly fertility.

Length 15.5 cm
Thickness 0.9 cm
Outside Diameter 5.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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