Wound cover

Museum number:
16-9489
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1428
Description:
Pottery 'cover' for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and onse side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs; some firing clouds; 1. 8cm.
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 16-9489, described as Pottery 'cover' for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and onse side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs; some firing clouds; 1. 8cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9489, described as Pottery 'cover' for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and onse side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs; some firing clouds; 1. 8cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9489, described as Pottery 'cover' for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and onse side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs; some firing clouds; 1. 8cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wound cover, accession number 16-9489, described as Pottery 'cover' for clitoridectomy wound; oval lump with 1 end and onse side flattened; slipped; red and dark brown geom. designs; some firing clouds; 1. 8cm.

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