Jar

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Date created: 1973

Culture/People: Canelos Kichua
Artist/Maker: Apacha Vargas, 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: Nuevo Mundo, Comuna San Jacinto del Pindo; Pastaza Canton; Pastaza Province; Ecuador

See related items: Canelos Kichua; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 27/448
Barcode: 270448.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels
Indigenous Term: ichilla tinaja

Object Name: Jar
Media/Materials: Pottery, paint, tree pitch/gum
Techniques: Coiled/hand built, burnished, painted, coated
Dimensions: 20.8 x 15.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60af73f54-8609-4f21-9410-4fef257d94df

Record ID: NMAI_416136