De caco a espetáculo: a produção cerâmica de Cachoeira do Arari (ilha do Marajó, PA)

Abstract

Artisans from Cachoeira do Arari, located in Marajó fields, in the State of Pará, they reproduce copied ceramic pieces of archeological objects found in stiff of the place. Nowadays, the objects are exposed in the Museum of Marajó, located in Cachoeira. The museum was created by Giovanni Gallo, Italian priest that arrived in the area in the 70's. The objective of this work is to analyze the several appropriation forms and reverse-significance of that archeological patrimony, the artistic and/or expository, the scientific and marketing, in other words, their several metamorphoses. It is worth to stress that the spectaclelization of that patrimony felt starting from the moment that of mere bits of Indians that lived in the area, called marajoaras, and that they cared the residents when found them in their houses yards, according to narratives orals, they turned tourist spectacles, commercial and cultural identification.