The purpose of my Fellowship was to spend six months documenting the traditional face and body paintings of the Kadiweu (Guaycuru) people of Southern Mato Grosso, in order to promote their unique designs to a wider audience. I was later able to expand this work (1975-1991) to include the traditional tribal designs of the Yawalapiti and Juruna (1991) of the Xingu Park and to include original paintings by the Trumai artist, Amati (1989-1991).

These designs and paintings are included in my privately published book entitled The Art of the Brazilian Indians (2012), and were also included in the exhibitions I have organised over the years at different venues, including the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (1972), the Palace of Justice, Brasilia (1972), the Museum of Mankind, London (1978), the Museum Voorland En Volkekunde, Rotterdam (1978-1979), the Casa Franca Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (1991), the Palace of Justice, Brasilia and at the Memorial dos Povos Indigenas, Brasilia (1999-2007), when I was appointed director of that institution. I am now involved in a project to establish a permanent home for my tribal art material.