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Capybara Effigy Drinking Vessel

1997.15.0442

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Artifact Identification Capybara Effigy Drinking Vessel   (1997.15.0442)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Apacha Vargas
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1983-1984
Culture Canelos Quichua
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 15.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 14.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 13.5 cm
Weight 341 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing, Piercing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Whitten, Norman and Dorothea. From Myth to Creation: Art from Amazonian Ecuador. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1988. P. 7.

Whitten, Norman E. Jr. Sicuanga Runa: The Other Side of Development in Amazonian Ecuador. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985. P. 206

Artifact History

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

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