Mother Tapir Figurine

1997.15.0479

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Artifact Identification Mother Tapir Figurine   (1997.15.0479)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Juana Catalina Chango
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1975
Culture Canelos Quichua
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 46.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 26.3 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 21.7 cm
Weight 4805 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Ceramic--Stoneware, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing, Piercing, Incising

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. 54.

Artifact History

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

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