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Marajoaran pottery
- Title (English):
- Marajoaran pottery
- Collection:
- Charles Frederick Hartt Papers
- Creator:
- Hartt, Charles Frederick, 1840-1878
- Creation Date:
- 1863-1874
- Site:
- Marajó Island (Brazil)
- Location:
- Brazil
Marajó Island (Brazil)
Marajó Island (Brazil)
- ID Number:
- RMA00511_OS_005
- Catalog Record:
- 2097043
- Archival Collection Number:
- 14-15-511
- File Name:
- RMA00511_OS_005.jpg
- Work Type:
- posters
- Materials/Techniques:
- paintings (visual works)
- Subject:
- Pottery, Marajoara
Marajó
Indigenous art
- Measurement:
- 97.5 x 93.5 (inches, width x height)
- Description:
- Depictions of eleven pieces Marajoaran pottery currently held in the Cornell Anthropology collection. From left to right and top to bottom: [1] the first three images depict the front, rear and side views of the figure (810.4.149), [2] the top right image depict the front of the figure (870.4.186), [3] the first image in the second row shows the base of a pot (870.4.50 a-g), [4] the second image in the second row shows the base of a pot (870.4.73 a-l), [5] the last two images in the second row depict the front and back of the figure (870.4.179), [6] the first image in the third row shows a small figurine (870.4.180), [7] the second image in the third row shows a small figurine (870.4.177), [8] the two images at the bottom left of the grouping in the third row depict the exterior (left) and interior (right) views of a sherd (870.4.47), [9] the image in the center bottom of the grouping in the third row depicts a sherd (870.4.22), [10] the two images in the top right of the grouping in the third row depict the side and top view of the bobbin/spindle whorl (870.4.115), and [11] the image in the bottom right of the grouping in the third row depicts a sherd (870.4.189).
- Notes:
- "Box" number is the Tube number.
- Cite As:
- Charles Frederick Hartt Papers, #14-15-511. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- 2619908
3213198
2619898
2619891
2619875
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Charles Frederick Hartt papers
- Box:
- 1
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This item is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. It is presented here by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections. The item was digitized in 2025 from physical holdings in the Charles Frederick Hartt Papers, #14-15-511, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment regarding use of an item and for securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with person or persons desiring to use the item.
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