Another tanga from the Marajoara culture, Marajo Island, Para, Brazil. It is a thin triangular concave ceramic pubic cover found in burial mounds associated with females. This one has a cream slip decorated overall with intricate orange-brown painted geometric designs. The holes at the corners are believed to be string holes, meant to attach the artifact to the female’s body. It measures 7-3/4” wide by 5-1/4” high. Repaired from four original fragments with restoration over the breaks.  Ex Jean-Eugene Lyons collection, Geneve, Switzerland. Ca. 400-1300 A.D.  #3161  SOLD

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