Figure (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
AD 800–1534
Culture/People
probably Manteño-Huancavilca (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition
First Ecuador Expedition (1906)
Expedition leader
Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
Expedition sponsor
Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Collection History
Collected or excavated in 1906 during the First Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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Place
Cerro de Hojas; Montecristi Canton; Manabí Province; Ecuador
See related items
Manteño-Huancavilca (archaeological culture)
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
1/439
Barcode
010439.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Carved, ground
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws647a84401-b1d0-49bd-89f8-f456d53da983
Record ID
NMAI_11074