Ceramic serving dish, tiny
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, round. The pot has been polished, then slipped red on the exterior and black on the top and interior. There is a protrusion at the rim though which a buriti string has been threaded.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: Low-fired clay, red slip exterior, interior painted with a mixture of juice of a vine, soot, and water. Buriti-palm cord loop attached. "Piqui fruit container" (akáintyána). A dish of this size is typically used for seasonings, such as salt, crushed peppers, or a mix of the two.
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: E435295-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Serving Dish
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 12.5 cm
label: Width
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height
content: 6 cm