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Effigy: Nungui, Spirit Master of Clay

1997.15.0145

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Artifact Identification Effigy: Nungui, Spirit Master of Clay   (1997.15.0145)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Rebeca Gualinga
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1987
Culture Canelos Quichua
Location On Exhibitin the South America exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 19.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 14.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 14.9 cm
Weight 710 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Stoneware, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing, Piercing, Incising

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten. Puyo Runa Imagery and Power in Moderan Amazonia.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. page 182. (P2008.0015)

Whitten, Norman and Dorothea. From Myth to Creation: Art from Amazonian Ecuador. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. P. 42.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Norman E. and Dorothea S. Whitten
Reproduction No

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