This tanga is 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 with intricate orange-brown painted geometric designs in the three discrete fields that have been studied by Meggers and Evans for possible symbolism. The holes at the corners are believed to be string holes, meant to attach the artifact to the female’s body. It measures 5-3/4” wide by 3-7/8” high, with some root marks on the reverse and is in excellent condition. Ex Jean-Eugene Lyons collection, Geneve, Switzerland. Ca. 400-1300 A.D.  #3162 SOLD

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