Dona Laura talks to Dona Maria while her pot, turned upside down, receives the smoke of some resinous plants that, once in contact with the porous surface of the artifact, will be fixed as a waterproofing layer.
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Title: Smoking the ceramic pots
Creator: Thiago da Costa Oliveira
Date Created: 2012
Location: São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil
Physical Dimensions: digital
Provenance: Photograph taken during a workshop of pottery, held between october and november 2012 in Ucuqui-Cachoeira village, Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory.
Type: photography
Rights: Museu do Índio / FUNAI
Medium: digital photography
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