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- Karajá (Carajá) peoples
- human figure and animals in boat, late 1800s–1968
- Where object was made: Brazil
- ceramic, paint
- Object Height/Width/Length: 12 x 10 x 18 cm
Object Height/Width/Length: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 7 1/16 in - Gift of Robert D. Turner Jr.
- Not on display
- 2007.4752
- Karajá (Carajá) peoples
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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The human figure is seated on the back of a black boat with a paddle on the facing left side. His body is painted orange and decorated with white columns and black bands. He has a short black hairstyle. The paddle is black with orange and white vertical stripes around the middle of the blade. There is a turtle in the boat with a black diamond pattern on the shell and orange circles. There is a white fish with black details in front of the turtle.