Celt (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1450 - 1532
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Jesus Alvarado Hidalgo, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1885
- David Alvarado, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Jesus Alvarado Hidalgo, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1885
- David Alvarado, Non-Indian
- Auction venue
- Anderson Galleries, Inc. (Anderson Auction Company), 1887-1934
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Alvarado family of Quito, Ecuador, and inherited by Jesús Alvarado and David Alvarado; purchased by MAI in 1917 at an auction of the Alvarado collection held at the Anderson Galleries (New York City).
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- Place
- 3 meters deep; El Angel; Espejo Canton; Carchi Province; Ecuador
- See related items
- Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
- Woodworking tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/1740
- Barcode
- 061740.000
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Object Name
- Celt (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pounded, ground, polished
- Dimensions
- 12.00 x 6.50 x 4.50 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_66145