Spade bit/blade (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1000–1500 (Late Intermediate to Inka period)
- Culture/People
- probably Circumpuna Andes: Humahuaca region (archaeological) (attributed)
- Possible excavator
- Karl Schuel, Non-Indian, 1857-1927
- Possible seller
- Karl Schuel, Non-Indian, 1857-1927
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but probably excavated between 1920 and 1923 by Karl Schuel (1857-1927, a mining engineer and archaeologist in Argentina); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1924 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Place
- Quebrada de Humahuaca region; Humahuaca Department; Jujuy Province; Argentina (inferred)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 13/3669
- Barcode
- 133669.000
- Object Type
- Agricultural Tools/Equipment
- Object Name
- Spade bit/blade (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_143684