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BRAZIL, AMAZONIA, Set consisting of two cult scenes : - a cult scene with two figures carrying their burden, their bodies adorned with ancestral painting. - an Aruana ceremonial scene, with two dancers wearing imposing heaume masks, facing two standing women, their hands placed on their stomachs as a sign of fertility. Each is wearing body paint. Polychrome terracotta, leaves and feathers. Populations, Carajà (Karajà), Rio Araguaia valley, Amazonia 18 x 20 x 13 cm and 18 x 9 x 10 cm Reference: Carlos MICHAUD, Deaf man among the Indians, reproduced pp. 89 and 116. Expert: Serge Reynes Provenance: Carlos Michaud Collection: Collection of Carlos Michaud
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BRAZIL, AMAZONIA, Set consisting of two cult scenes : - a cult scene with two figures carrying their burden, their bodies adorned with ancestral painting. - an Aruana ceremonial scene, with two dancers wearing imposing heaume masks, facing two standing women, their hands placed on their stomachs as a sign of fertility. Each is wearing body paint. Polychrome terracotta, leaves and feathers. Populations, Carajà (Karajà), Rio Araguaia valley, Amazonia 18 x 20 x 13 cm and 18 x 9 x 10 cm Reference: Carlos MICHAUD, Deaf man among the Indians, reproduced pp. 89 and 116. Expert: Serge Reynes Provenance: Carlos Michaud Collection: Collection of Carlos Michaud
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