Medicine/Doctoring equipment (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1950-1960
- Culture/People
- Emberá (Choikoi)
- Collector
- Estrella Lake Montgomery, Non-Indian, 1908-2006
- Previous owner
- Estrella Lake Montgomery, Non-Indian, 1908-2006
- Donor
- Estrella Lake Montgomery, Non-Indian, 1908-2006
- Collection History
- Collected by author and freelance journalist Estrella Lake Montgomery (1908-2006) during travel in Latin America in the 1950s; donated to NMAI by Estrella Lake Montgomery in 1991.
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- Place
- Darién Province; Panama
- See related items
- Emberá (Choikoi)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Doctor's items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/3570
- Barcode
- 253570.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Doctor's items
- Object Name
- Medicine/Doctoring equipment (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 1.5 x 2 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_269498