Vessel

34-25-173

From: Brazil | Para State | Santarem

Curatorial Section: American

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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 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Outside Diameter 14 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Purchased from John Mayer, 1934

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