Two Sources of Power

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Date created: 1991

Culture/People: Tigua Kichua
Artist/Maker: María Ermelinda Cuyo, Tigua Kichua
Collector: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian; Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
Donor: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1991 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2020.
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Place: Tigua; Pujilí Canton; Cotopaxi Province; Ecuador

See related items: Tigua Kichua; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 27/583
Barcode: 270583.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Two Sources of Power
Object Name: Painting
Media/Materials: Sheepskin (domestic sheep), acrylic paint, wood, metal nails
Techniques: Painted, stretched, nailed
Dimensions: 15.7 x 23.5 x 2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67d2da09f-b0bd-43e3-8581-b08e30c3acba

Record ID: NMAI_416429