Important Rattle - Shaman's Gourd - Canela Indians, State Of Maranhão, Amazon Region
Important SHAMAN’S GURGLE - GOURD
Canela Indians, State of Maranhão, Amazon region, North-East Brazil
Wood, gourd, pigments, horn and fibres
H.: 33 cm (excluding pendants); Diam.: 18 cm
Large rattle consisting of a hollowed-out calabash and a cylindrical wooden handle. The musical instrument is heavily filled with seeds and sand and features an openwork design painted with genipap – a fruit whose pulp is characterised by black pigments – arranged around a geometric frieze.
A strap of braided red cord, adorned with horn beads – likely from a tapir.
Collected in situ by the renowned ethnographer and indigenist João Américo Peret in the late 1950s.
Provenance:
- Former collection of João Américo Peret, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Former American private collection.
Bibliography:
A similar example is reproduced in William H. Crocker’s The Canela (Eastern Timbuira), Vol. I: An Ethnographic Introduction, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, p. 474, fig. a.
LP7096
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
Canela Indians, State of Maranhão, Amazon region, North-East Brazil
Wood, gourd, pigments, horn and fibres
H.: 33 cm (excluding pendants); Diam.: 18 cm
Large rattle consisting of a hollowed-out calabash and a cylindrical wooden handle. The musical instrument is heavily filled with seeds and sand and features an openwork design painted with genipap – a fruit whose pulp is characterised by black pigments – arranged around a geometric frieze.
A strap of braided red cord, adorned with horn beads – likely from a tapir.
Collected in situ by the renowned ethnographer and indigenist João Américo Peret in the late 1950s.
Provenance:
- Former collection of João Américo Peret, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Former American private collection.
Bibliography:
A similar example is reproduced in William H. Crocker’s The Canela (Eastern Timbuira), Vol. I: An Ethnographic Introduction, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, p. 474, fig. a.
LP7096
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
820 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Tribal Art
Condition: Excellent condition
Reference (ID): 1777125
Availability: In stock
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