Native Name | Kampan |
Object Number | 65-10-181 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Brown ware; small; straight rim, narrow beck flaring out to round body, base rather squat; black and red achiote curvilinear design visible on one side, traces remain on other; design covers flattened base. Used in initiation rites as ceremonial water jar; model of larger; initates spit their teeth-blackening juice into it, this is then mixed with corn soup given to iniates before induced vomiting. |
Height | 9.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 10.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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