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Culture/People:
Canelos Kichua  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Carved by Bolivar Grefa, Canelos Kichua; painted by Joe Brenner (Joseph William Brenner), Non-Indian, 1935-1995  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
Object Name:
Figure
Media/Materials:
Balsa wood, acrylic paint
Techniques:
Carved, painted
Dimensions:
19.4 x 10.8 x 58.7 cm
Object Type:
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Place:
Puyo (El Puyo); Pastaza Canton; Pastaza Province; Ecuador
Date created:
1980
Collection History:
Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1980 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:
27/512
Barcode:
270512.000
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Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6725ec060-71b1-4c48-ba56-20f10acd4e36
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_416357