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The doowhe stone, used to polish the ceramic pots and to make them shine
Thiago da Costa Oliveira2012
Museu do Índio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Laura, a Kubeu potter who lives in the Ucuqui-Cachoeira Baniwa village, shows a doowhe stone, brought from the Apaporis river, that runs thousands of kilometers from where she lives. This stone is used to polish the ceramic pots and to make them shine.
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- Title: The doowhe stone, used to polish the ceramic pots and to make them shine
- 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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