Bowl
| Native Name | Kencha |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 65-10-190 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cashinahua |
| Provenience: | Peru Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area: | Amazonia |
| Maker: | Chanadakani |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Clay |
| Height: | 12 cm |
| Thickness: | 0.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 19.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
Description
Brown, covered with black smudges; top covered with black and white rectilinear designs. Black paint is genipap, white ashen water. All pottery paint is the above or achiote. Large rim with four lugs. Used in initiation rites, several times a day. Dry medicine used first and they dance around bowl; later used a spitoon during teeth blackening; shape crude and slightly different from usual kencha.
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