#5516 Indigenous Shaman Karaja Clay Vessel / Bowl W/ a Dog Sculpture Brasil

For sale is a vintage, hand-made and painted Shaman pottery vessel /Bowl of the indigenous   Karaja tribe. Karajá people live in a 180-mile-long area in central Brazil,in the states of joias,Mato Gross,Para and Tocantins. Karajá are highly mobile people. Families often build temporary fishing camps. During the dry season, the tribe hosts festivals. In the rainy seasons, families move to villages on high ground. They employ Swidden  or slash-and-burn techniques in farming.Body painting still thrives as an art among Karajá, with women specializing in this medium, which employ paints made from genipap juice, charcoal, and annatto dye. Both women and men weave baskets, while only women create and paint ceramics. Karajá excel at feather work.

6" diameter by 3.25" H