Effigy: Achuar House

1997.15.0505

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Artifact Identification Effigy: Achuar House   (1997.15.0505)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Esthela Dagua, Estela Dagua
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1989
Culture Canelos Quichua
Location On Exhibitin the South America exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 24.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 23.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 20.4 cm
Weight 1,747 g
Measuring Remarks Weight converted to grams from ounces. (61.5 oz.)
Materials Ceramic, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

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

Photograph of item in College News, 2006P.0031. Norman E. Whitten & Dorothea Scott Whitten. Puyo Runa Imagery and Power in Modern Amazonia. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. p. 197, 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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