Manuel B. Zavaleta, Non-Indian, 1862-1925 Search this
Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893- Search this
Previous seller:
Manuel B. Zavaleta, Non-Indian, 1862-1925 Search this
Object Name:
Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials:
Stone
Techniques:
Ground, drilled
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Near Colalao del Valle; Quilmes; Colalao del Valle; Tafí del Valle Department; Tucumán Province; Argentina
Collection History:
Collection history unknown; part of a collection assembled by Manuel B. Zavaleta (1862-1925, an Argentine police chief and public official) of material excavated and looted from archaeological sites in Argentina in the 1880s and 1890s; exhibited as part of Manuel Zavaleta's collection at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904; purchased by the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois) from Manuel Zavaleta in 1904 or 1905; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Field Museum in 1918.
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