Items

• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Tapajo culture - Site uncertain Tapajo urn

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para Tapajo culture Site uncertain Tapajo urn, probably used for beverages Anthropomorphic female figure Stylized handles may represent arms of figure
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca - Detachable lid (head) from Rio Maraca burial urn

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para Rio Maraca Detachable lid (head) from Rio Maraca burial urn (No. B-3 60) Detail of sculpture
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca - Detachable lid (head) from another Rio Maraca burial urn

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para Rio Maraca Detachable lid (head) from another Rio Maraca burial urn
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca - Burial urn lid

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará Rio Maraca Burial urn from Rio Maraca Detail: lid
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca - Burial urn front view

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará Rio Maraca Burial urn from Rio Maraca Detail: front view showing detachable lid (head) in place
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca - Burial urn Front view

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará Rio Maraca Burial urn from Rio Maraca Detail: Front view showing detachable lid (head) removed
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca - Burial urn side view

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará Rio Maraca Burial urn from Rio Maraca Detail: side view
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para - Rio Maraca Burial urn

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará Rio Maraca Burial urn from Rio Maraca (northern tributary of the Amazon) Date unknown
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará - Santarém Culture Tapajós

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para Santarem Culture Tapajo Represents reclining man with feet crossed and arm under head Head serves as the opening of the vessel
• Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará - Santarém Culture Tapajós

  Indian Pottery - Amazon Area Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para Santarem Culture Tapajo Probably a ceremonial vessel The Tapajo Indians were killed off by another Indian tribe (the Mundurucus) about the middle of the 18th Century.
• Wooden image - Polychromed Flying cherub

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Flying cherub 18th Century
• Wooden image - Polychromed Flying cherub

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Flying cherub 18th Century
• Wooden image - Polychromed Flying cherub

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Flying cherub 18th Century
• Wooden image - Polychromed Flying angel

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Flying angel 18th Century
• Wooden image - Polychromed Soaring angel

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Soaring angel 18th Century
• Wooden image - Polychromed Head

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Head (part of a clothed figure, possibly that of the Virgin) 18th Century
• Wooden image - Polychromed Head of a saint

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Head of a saint
• Wooden image - Polychromed Angel

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Angel (showing Indian influences in gesture and physiognomy) 18th Century
• Wooden images - Formerly polychromed Left: St. John of Nepomuc Right: St. John the Baptist

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden images Formerly polychromed Left: St. John of Nepomuk Right: St. John the Baptist
• Wooden image - Polychromed Jesuit saint 18th Century

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Jesuit saint 18th Century
• Wooden image - Formerly polychromed St. Joseph with Christ Child in arms 18th Century

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Joseph with Christ Child in arms 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - Virgin from a Nativity group

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed Virgin from a Nativity group 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - Virgin from Crucifixion group - Detail: upper section

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Virgin from Crucifixion group Detail: upper section
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - Virgin from a Crucifixion group

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Virgin from a Crucifixion group 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - Representation of the Virgin (stamping out Evil in the symbol of the serpent)

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Representation of the Virgin (stamping out Evil in the symbol of the serpent)
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - The Immaculate Conception

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed The Immaculate Conception 17th Cent.
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - St. Joseph and the Christ Child - Detail: upper section

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed St. Joseph and the Christ Child Detail: upper section
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - St. Joseph and the Christ Child

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed St. Joseph and the Christ Child 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - Virgin and Child - Detail: base with half-moon and cherubs

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Virgin and Child Detail: base with half-moon and cherubs
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - Virgin and Child - Detail: upper section

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Virgin and Child Detail: upper section
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Polychromed - Virgin and Child on a base of cherubs and the half-moon (a symbol of the Immaculate Conception)

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Polychromed Virgin and Child on a base of cherubs and the half-moon (a symbol of the Immaculate Conception) 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - St. Benedict of Philadelphus

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Benedict of Philadelphus 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - St. Joseph, detail: head

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Joseph, detail: head
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - St. Joseph

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Joseph 18th Century
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - St. Catherine - Detail: Head

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Catherine Detail: Head
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - St. Catherine - Detail: head

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Catherine Detail: head
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image - Formerly polychromed - St. Catherine

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image Formerly polychromed St. Catherine 18th Cent.
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image detail - Head

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image (B-3 23) detail Head
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image detail

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image (B-3 23) detail
• Museum at Sao Miguel - Wooden image, formerly polychromed - A deacon saint

  State of Rio Grande do Sul Museum at Sao Miguel Wooden image, formerly polychromed A deacon saint 18th Cent.