Jaguar Effigy

1997.15.0147

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Artifact Identification Jaguar Effigy   (1997.15.0147)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Rebeca Gualinga
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1986 - 1987
Culture Canelos Quichua

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 29.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 11.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 12.3 cm
Weight 809 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Stoneware, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing, Piercing

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
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 114.

Whitten, Norman and Dorothea. From Myth to Creation: Art from Amazonian Ecuador. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. P. 43.

Artifact History

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

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