Karajá dolls: just a toy?

Authors

  • Sandra Lacerda Campos Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia. Laboratório de Etnologia do Serviço de Curadoria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2002.109451

Keywords:

Dolls - Body painting - Cosmology - Material culture.

Abstract

This article presents the initial reflections on the Karaja dolls, based on the hypothesis that they are more than a toy and that the painting and the adornments present in the handicraft production represent different aspects of the cultural organization, symbolizing the several plans of the cosmology of this group.

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Published

2002-12-18

Issue

No. 12 (2002)

Section

Studies in Archaeoacoustics and the use of digital technologies

License

Copyright (c) 2002 Sandra Lacerda Campos

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How to Cite

CAMPOS, Sandra Lacerda. Karajá dolls: just a toy?. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 12, p. 233–248, 2002. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2002.109451. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revmae/article/view/109451.. Acesso em: 15 may. 2024.