"Trumpet - Juruna Indians, State Of Mato Grosso, Center-west Of Brazil - 20th Century"
TRUMPETJuruna Indians, State of Mato Grosso, West Central Brazil
20th century
Calabash and pigments
H. 60 ; L 22 cm
TRUMPET decorated with traditional circular and concentric motifs painted with genipapo - a fruit whose pulp has the particularity of being endowed with black pigments - reminiscent of body paint.
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former American private collection.
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