Ritual offering representing a farm and animals

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Date created: circa 1920

Culture/People: Quechua
Expedition: MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition (1924-1925) (Lothrop Tierra del Fuego Expedition)
Expedition leader: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased in 1924 or 1925 from an unknown source during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
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Place: Peru

See related items: Quechua; Ceremonial/Ritual items
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Andes

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 14/4008
Barcode: 144008.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items
Indigenous Term: illa

Object Name: Ritual offering representing a farm and animals
Media/Materials: Alabaster, pigment/pigments
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws676e33558-7975-4f0f-a723-01b7aee5207b

Record ID: NMAI_154700