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Culture/People: K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Previous owner: Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Seller: Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Expedition: Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
Expedition leader: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
Expedition sponsor: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Formerly owned by well-known mask maker Miguel Chuc (Kʼicheʼ Maya); purchased from him in 1928 during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Totonicapán; Totonicapán Municipality; Totonicapán Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala (inferred)

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/809
Barcode: 160809.000

Object Type: Masks and Masking

Object Name: Mask
Media/Materials: Wood, glass eyes, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60f3a7c7f-77c7-49c1-8600-ed096825c1a5

Record ID: NMAI_172617