Museu do Homem do Norte

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  • Address
    Av Sete de Setembro 1385, city center
  • Phone
    232 5373
  • Transport
    walking:
  • Mon 08:00 - 12:00 , Tue-Fri 08:00 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 17:00

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The Museu do Homem do Norte (Museum of Northern Man) is an ethnology and anthropology museum dedicated to the lifestyle of the people of northern Brazil. There's a particular focus on the riverbank-dwelling Caboclos (literally 'copper-coloured') people, the mixed descendents of indigenous people and Portuguese.

The collection includes an interesting array of Indian weapons, including the vicious furador de olhos (eye piercer).