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 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 painted black on the top and interior.
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. Low-fired clay, red slip exterior, interior painted with a mixture of juice of a vine, soot, and water. "Tick container" (kupákána). A dish of this size is typically used for seasonings, such as salt, crushed peppers, or a mix of the two. AMUSING SPECIMEN. Most ceramic pots portray the mouth as a slender line under the eyes of the creature in question. The mouth is rarely, if ever, shown open, as it would connote aggression, not something you necessarily want to see in your dinnerware. So the mouth on this tick is unusual, and captures the essence of the little beast. You may not notice its mouth at first, but eventually, you realize it is there, all right. This tick seems to be sucking through pursed lips. Made by Arutatumpa, who superb storytelling skill was memorialized in the 1989 in BBC film, "The Storyteller." Aruta was grandson of chief Walamatumpa, who was killed in the devastating Suyá raid of the early twentieth century, when a whole village was reduced to ashes. Aruta died as a very old man in 2015. The surface of this pot is a bit lumpy when compared to the fine craftsmanship of pots made by Katsiparu, Kuta, or Apiruma, to name a few. But it expresses Aruta's personality -- a pragmatic man with a subtle sense of humor, a keen observer, and a beloved storyteller.
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: E435314-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Serving Dish
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 14 cm
label: Width
content: 12 cm
label: Height
content: 5.5 cm