A potter polishes a ceramic piece

Thiago da Costa Oliveira2014

Museu do Índio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A potter uses a inajá seed to polish a ceramic pot. The material is an alternative to the doowhe stone, used with the same function, but much harder to obtain.

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Title: A potter polishes a ceramic piece
Creator: Thiago da Costa Oliveira
Date Created: 2014
Location: São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil
Physical Dimensions: digital
Provenance: Photograph taken during a pottery production workshop held in june 2014, in São Joaquim village, medium Aiairi river, Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory.
Type: photography
Rights: Museu do Índio / FUNAI
Medium: digital photography

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