Insect Effigy: Bee

1997.15.0502

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Artifact Identification Insect Effigy: Bee   (1997.15.0502)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Esthela Dagua, Estela Dagua; Apacha Vargas
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1960 - 1997; probably 1979
Culture Canelos Quichua
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 14.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 12.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 11.5 cm
Weight 327 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing

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. 24.

Artifact History

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

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