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Culture/People
Chachilla (Cayapas)
Collector
Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965
Expedition sponsor
Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
Object Name
Whip/Lash
Media/Materials
Cordage, wood
Techniques
Carved
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Place
Río Cayapas; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador
Collection History
Collected between 1908 and 1909 by Samuel A. Barrett (1879-1965, later Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Research Associate at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).