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Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1961 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); purchased by MAI from Borys Malkin in 1961.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- circa 1960
- Catalog Number
- 23/1567
- Barcode
- 231567.000
- Culture/People
- Karajá (Caraja)
- Artist/Maker
- Shurerea, Karajá (Caraja)
- Collector
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Seller
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted
- Place
- Mato Verde, Luciára Municipality; Northeast Mesoregion, Middle Araguaia Microregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Karajá (Caraja)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_246593
