A cerâmica figurativa temática dos índios Karajá

Abstract

In this work, we have tried to reveal and understand aspects of the society and culture of the Karajá people, by reading and analyzing the visual information found in the Karajá doll - a kind of ceramics made by the women of that ethny - by transforming visual language into verbal language, observing its style, form, theme, as well as its symbology. The research was done upon sample-corpora of ethnographic pieces exposed to public visits, connected to the volumes of the collection of the Anthropological Museum of the Federal University of Goiás. A gathering of the existing data upon such pieces was done, ano they were divide into four groups for this study. VVehaveaimed to conauct the research mainly under the point of view of the observer, transcribing the cuiture by inquiring about the habits and customs related to the mythical plan and social structure