Drinking bowl

Date created
1981
Culture/People
Canelos Kichua
Artist/Maker
Marta Vargas (Martha Vargas), Canelos 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 1981 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
Puyo (El Puyo); Pastaza Canton; Pastaza Province; Ecuador
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Canelos Kichua
Food/Beverage Serving
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
27/453
Barcode
270453.000
Object Type
Food/Beverage Serving
Native Term
mucawa
Object Name
Drinking bowl
Media/Materials
Pottery, paint, tree pitch/gum
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, incised, burnished, painted, coated
Dimensions
19.5 x 8.2 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a18196c9-3b3a-4185-bbc1-a12dc205f9d1
Record ID
NMAI_416141