Staff head/finial
- Date created
- AD 600-750
- Culture/People
- possibly Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition sponsor
- Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
- Previous owner
- Nicholas A. Ribadenyra ( Nicolás A. Rivadeneira), Non-Indian
- Previous seller
- Nicholas A. Ribadenyra ( Nicolás A. Rivadeneira), Non-Indian
- Expedition
- First Ecuador Expedition (1906)
- Expedition leader
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1898 by local residents during work on a drain; purchased from them soon afterward by Nicholas A. Ribadenyra of Guayaquil, Ecuador; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from Nicholas Ribadenyra in 1906 during the First Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall Saville and sponsored by George Heye's mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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- Place
- Tomb; Sigsig; Sigsig Canton; Azuay Province; Ecuador
- See related items
- Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture)
- Personal items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/2069
- Barcode
- 012069.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Staff head/finial
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Dimensions
- 6.8 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_12899