Doll

65-10-133

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Maibake
Object Number 65-10-133
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Wood | Fiber | Pigment | Seed
Description

Like 65-10-132 but female; thick feet with 4 toes; small, separately attached breasts; arms stiffly held from body; 3-4 fingers (some broken); head thick, squat; mouth large and open; nose has one Job's tear on a string; ears on top of head; earrings of black matsi seed on red cord with conical pieces of shell at bottom (2 strands in each) straight woven cotton skirt painted yellow-brown sewn with pink cord; genitals and anus oversize.

Height 23.2 cm
Width 15.1 cm
Thickness 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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