Culture/People:

Tigua Kichua  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Francisco Vega Ugsha, Tigua Kichua  Search this

Collector:

Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian  Search this

Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011  Search this

Donor:

Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian  Search this

Title:

Curing in Tonchigue

Object Name:

Painting

Media/Materials:

Sheepskin (domestic sheep), acrylic paint, wood, metal nails

Techniques:

Painted, stretched, nailed

Dimensions:

20 x 30.2 x 1.8 cm

Object Type:

Painting/Drawing/Print

Place:

Tigua; Pujilí Canton; Cotopaxi Province; Ecuador

Date created:

1996

Collection History:

Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1996 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:

27/509

Barcode:

270509.000

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Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d4d6070d-7e0a-4221-915d-5fc261b9fac7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_416354