Ceramic cooking pot / serving dish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 2018
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: Ceramic pot in the shape of an animal on its back. The pot is ovoid, with head, tail and four paws at the proper ends. The pot has been polished, then slipped red on the exterior and black on the top and interior.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: "Tapir container" (témekéne)Low-fired clay, red slip exterior, interior painted with a mixture of juice of a vine, soot, and water. Delightfully expressive. Made by Kaapi (Katsiparu), eldest daughter of Apairumatumpalu and Karaputantumpa. Generally thought to be one of the best, if not the best, ceramist in the village. This pot suggests not only the form, but also the behavior of this animal, which is portrayed as the oafish relative in Wauja stories. Most other animals, even jaguars, are quiet and discreet when at the river's edge, picking their way quietly through the underbrush. Tapirs (and pigs) stomp all over the place leaving their tracks seemingly over everything. Note the outstretched limbs and prominent, widely-splayed toes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Piyulaga village, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074242
label: USNM Number
content: E435282-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cooking Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 21 cm
label: Width
content: 14.5 cm
label: Height
content: 9.5 cm