Jar

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Date created: 1973

Culture/People: Canelos Kichua
Artist/Maker: Amadora Aranda, Canelos Kichua
Collector: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian; Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten/Dorothea Margaret Scott/Dorothea S. Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
Donor: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian

Collection History: Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1973 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2019.
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Place: Sarayaku; Pastaza Canton; Pastaza Province; Ecuador

See related items: Canelos Kichua; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 27/427
Barcode: 270427.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Jar
Media/Materials: Pottery, paint, tree pitch/gum
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, modeled, burnished, painted, coated
Dimensions: 19.3 x 18.5 x 12 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws630861123-0733-409b-af8c-61f954e2910a

Record ID: NMAI_416115