Wound cover

Museum number:
16-9488
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Accession number:
Acc.1428
Description:
Pottery "cover" for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and one side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs on white; altering rows of ... and ...; ⅓ covered with firing clouds; 1.8 cm
Donor:
Michael J. Harner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Shipibo-Conibo
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery
Accession date:
July 12, 1961
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9488, described as Pottery "cover" for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and one side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs on white; altering rows of ... and ...; ⅓ covered with firing clouds; 1.8 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9488, described as Pottery "cover" for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and one side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs on white; altering rows of ... and ...; ⅓ covered with firing clouds; 1.8 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9488, described as Pottery "cover" for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and one side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs on white; altering rows of ... and ...; ⅓ covered with firing clouds; 1.8 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9488, described as Pottery "cover" for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and one side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs on white; altering rows of ... and ...; ⅓ covered with firing clouds; 1.8 cm

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