Culture/People:

Chachilla (Cayapas)  Search this

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915  Search this

Object Name:

Paintbrush

Media/Materials:

Coconut shell, tree pitch/gum

Techniques:

Cut

Object Type:

Art and Printing tools

Place:

Río Cayapas; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador

Collection History:

Collected between 1908 and 1909 by Samuel A. Barrett (1879-1965, later Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Research Associate at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).

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Catalog Number:

2/3977

Barcode:

023977.000

See related items:

Chachilla (Cayapas)

Art and Printing tools

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63d341b78-1548-4bf8-89a2-38f3d61fa39a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_25604