Jaguar Dance Costume

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Date created: 1920-1926

Culture/People: K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Previous owner: Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Seller: Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Expedition: S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition (1925-1926)
Expedition leader: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965

Collection History: Formerly owned by well-known mask maker Miguel Chuc (Kʼicheʼ Maya); purchased from him in 1925 by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during the MAI's S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition.
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Place: Totonicapán; Totonicapán Municipality; Totonicapán Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala

See related items: K'iche' Maya (Quiché); Masks and Masking

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 14/5613
Barcode: 145613.000

Object Type: Masks and Masking

Object Name: Jaguar Dance Costume
Media/Materials: Cotton cloth, wood, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fc7b6220-9748-4747-9c8c-896f1d6f9a7a

Record ID: NMAI_156474