Peruvian Kaxinawá ceramic doll (female)

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá ceramic doll (female)

Subject

doll, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru

Description

MISSING SINCE 2011.

A female ceramic doll made of red clay with outstretched arms and molded breasts. Some areas are blackened and designed. White, squarish shell eyes are affixed to the figure with pitch. Four bead earrings are strung through holes in the ears, one bead is on a string through the nose, and three beads are strung around the neck. Cotton pants are woven and sewed together and resemble the dirty material from under the breasts. Both the doll's feet are in poor condition with cracks and the right leg broken.

length- roughly 20 cm
width- roughly 9 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja

Date Created

c. 20th century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

children, toy, textile, ceramic

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-253

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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, “Peruvian Kaxinawá ceramic doll (female) ,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed May 3, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/113.