Seat

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Date created: AD 800–1534

Culture/People: probably Manteño-Huancavilca (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition leader: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
Expedition: First Ecuador Expedition (1906)
Expedition sponsor: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957; Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915

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 Jaboncillo; Montecristi Canton; Manabí Province; Ecuador

See related items: Manteño-Huancavilca (archaeological culture); Furnishings (Home)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/540
Barcode: 010540.000

Object Type: Furnishings (Home)

Object Name: Seat
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Pecked, ground

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6701ff295-1131-4486-85d1-5edc9ce555fe

Record ID: NMAI_11178