Marajoara - Brazil XL

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Keyword: marajoara patterns; marajo patterns; marajo

Marajoara art is a type of pottery that is the result of the work of indigenous peoples during the “marajoara” occupation period on the Brazilian island of Marajó, located at the mouth of the Amazon River (state of Pará), during the Brazilian pre-colonial period from 400 to 1400 AD. It is thus called marajoara pottery, as there are successive phases of occupations in the region, each with a characteristic pottery.

In 1871, marajoara pottery was discovered when two researchers were visiting the Island of Marajó, the Canadian-American geologist Charles Frederick Hartt (1840-1878) and naturalist Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna (founder of the Pará Emílio Goeldi Museum in 1866). Hartt was so impressed with what he saw that he published an article in a scientific journal, revealing to the world the then unknown marajoara culture.

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Description adapted from Wikipedia: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_marajoara

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