Festival Effigy: Oil Company Recruiter

1997.15.0272

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Artifact Identification Festival Effigy: Oil Company Recruiter   (1997.15.0272)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Clara Santi SimbaƱa
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1975
Culture Canelos Quichua

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 26.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 15.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 14.8 cm
Weight 824 g
Measuring Remarks Weight converted to grams from ounces. (29 oz.)
Materials Ceramic--Stoneware, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Whitten, Norman and Dorothea. From Myth to Creation: Art from Amazonian Ecuador. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. P. 35.

Norman E. Whitten & Dorothea Scott Whitten. Puyo Runa Imagery and Power in Modern Amazonia. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. p. 112, B.1885, P2008.0015.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Norman E. and Dorothea S. Whitten
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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