Figure part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
AD 300–1600
Culture/People
possibly Chocoan (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition
Isla del Morro-Colombia Expedition (1914)
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 purchased from local residents in 1914 during the Isla del Morro-Colombia 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
Río Aguacate; Juradó Department; Chocó Department; Colombia
See related items
Chocoan (archaeological culture)
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
3/9189
Barcode
039189.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Figure part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Modeled, painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws684c43bb8-3860-473b-9e88-d74982b97568
Record ID
NMAI_42115