adorno;
figurine
- Museum number
- Am1953,02.13
- Description
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Pottery fragment, 'adorno', possibly a fragment of a figurine's torso.
- Dimensions
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Length: 1.35 inches
- Curator's comments
- Register 1953:
Four pottery fragments, 'adornos'. No. 10 is probably part (the claw) of a zoomorphic figurine; No. 11 is indeterminated; No. 12 is probably a decorative base (for a vessel); and No. 13 could be the fragment of a figurine's torso.
Register 1953:
No. 10: Similar [to Am1953,02.6], claw fragment.
No. 11: Similar [to Am1953,02.6], indeterminate.
No. 12: Similar [to Am1953,02.6], decorative base (?) [sic].
No. 13: Similar [to Am1953,02.6], fragment of torso (?) [sic].
From the Tapajos Indians, upper Amazon, Brazil. 70 miles up from Santarén.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1953,02.13
