Native Name | Maibake |
Object Number | 65-10-132 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic | Pigment | Fiber | Resin (material) |
Iconography | Male figure |
Description | Pottery, tan-grey; red and black rectilinear designs; short, bowed legs, 4 toes on each foot (some broken); bark-cloth waistband with 3 knotted ties at front; large, flat outstretched arms, 4 fingers; short neck, slightly hunched shoulders; wears necklace of black beads on pink cord; sloping forehead, large ears, eyes bits of shell and wax, nose 'beaked' with 1 red and 1 red and blue parrot feather in it (may have had another); male, large anus and genitals; will not stand. Use: toy for girls; made from left over clay. |
Height | 21.7 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Thickness | 5.9 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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