Armadillo containers

Full view of some Armadillo containers
Central or South America, 19th- early 20th century
Armadillo, trade beads, vegetable fibres, textile
Accession Number DP Temp 4022-23

Armadillo meat is highly prized by many Amazonian groups and the shells are sometimes used as containers.

The additional decoration of textile and seed purses in these two containers suggests that they were sold to tourists.


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