Ornament part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 600 BC–AD 400
- Culture/People
- probably Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- 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 or excavated in 1907 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
- La Tolita; Eloy Alfaro Canton; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador
- Island Name
- Isla de la Tola
- See related items
- Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/7523
- Barcode
- 017523.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ornament part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Wrought
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_18267