"Shrunken" animal head

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Culture/People: Shuar/Achuar
Collector: Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (S. A. Davis), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
Previous owner: Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (S. A. Davis), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
Seller: Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (S. A. Davis), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
Expedition: Second Ecuador Expedition (1907)
Expedition leader: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
Expedition sponsor: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957; Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915

Collection History: Collected by Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (1857-1924, a surgeon who worked for the Guayaquil and Quito Railway Company in the early 1900s); purchased from Dr. Austin during the Second Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and funded by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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Place: Oriente Region; Ecuador

See related items: Shuar/Achuar; Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/2785
Barcode: 012785.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items

Object Name: "Shrunken" animal head
Media/Materials: Sloth head
Techniques: Dried

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6af332752-630f-4d46-ae94-8b8064468c01

Record ID: NMAI_13573