Painting

Date created
September 2004
Culture/People
Tigua Kichua
Artist/Maker
Magdalena Toaquiza Ugsha, Tigua Kichua
Collector
Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian
Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
Donor
Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian
Collection History
Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 2004 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2019.
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Place
Tigua; Pujilí Canton; Cotopaxi Province; Ecuador
See related items
Tigua Kichua
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
27/505
Barcode
270505.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Sheepskin (domestic sheep), acrylic paint, wood, metal nails
Techniques
Painted, stretched, nailed
Dimensions
25 x 35.2 x 2.3 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6157d351c-9984-40c8-afb6-a5528ddafc04
Record ID
NMAI_416350