Culture/People:

K'iche' Maya (Quiché)  Search this

Previous owner:

Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)  Search this

Seller:

Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)  Search this

Expedition:

Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Mask

Media/Materials:

Wood

Techniques:

Carved

Dimensions:

8 cm

Object Type:

Masks and Masking

Place:

Totonicapán; Totonicapán Municipality; Totonicapán Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala (inferred)

Collection History:

Formerly owned by well-known mask maker Miguel Chuc (Kʼicheʼ Maya); purchased from him in 1928 during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.

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Catalog Number:

16/800

Barcode:

160800.000

See related items:

K'iche' Maya (Quiché)

Masks and Masking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65e9ac804-cc9a-4e1d-8af2-5d6bb8da68ff

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_172608