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Botocudos family moving

Jean-Baptiste Debret, Charles Etienne Pierre Motte1834 - 1834

Museu Imperial

Museu Imperial
Petrópolis, Brazil

Batoque is a wooden ornament used by some natives in the ears and the lower lips. It was named by the Portuguese because of its resemblance to a barrel lid.

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Museu Imperial

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