Bag
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Shuar/Achuar
- Possible collector
- Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (Timoleon Flores), Non-Indian, ca. 1896-1936
- Previous owner
- Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (Timoleon Flores), Non-Indian, ca. 1896-1936
- Seller
- Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (Timoleon Flores), Non-Indian, ca. 1896-1936
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Object Name
- Bag
- Media/Materials
- Palm fiber cordage
- Techniques
- Twined, knotted
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Native Term
- xigra
- Place
- Oriente Region; Ecuador
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of and possibly collected by Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (ca. 1896-1936, an Ecuadorian farmer and nephew of the Ecuadorian ambassador to the US); purchased by MAI from Timoleón Flores Chiriboga in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
- Catalog Number
- 8/4251
- Barcode
- 084251.000
- See related items
- Shuar/Achuar
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement