Culture/People:

Canelos Kichua  Search this

Collector:

Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian  Search this

Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten/Dorothea Margaret Scott/Dorothea S. Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011  Search this

Donor:

Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Vessel with cover and carrying basket for curare poison

Media/Materials:

Pottery, tree pitch/gum, vegetal fiber

Techniques:

Coiled/hand built, burnished, coated, wicker-plaited, tied

Dimensions:

18.5 x 16.5 cm

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Upper Río Curaray; Pastaza Province; Ecuador

Date created:

1971

Collection History:

Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1971 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2019.

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Catalog Number:

27/443

Barcode:

270443.000

See related items:

Canelos Kichua

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws676512dc0-5052-4bd5-8df3-f33eb47fdd63

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_416131