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Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated between 1887 and 1889 by Dr. John W. Detwiller (1851-1898, a physician and amateur ornithologist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who travelled in Colombia); purchased by MAI from Alvin H. Rice (1870-1931, an antique dealer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) in 1920 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 700–1600 (Late Quimbaya period)
- Catalog Number
- 9/9797
- Barcode
- 099797.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Quimbaya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. John W. Detwiller, Non-Indian, 1851-1898
- Previous owner
- Dr. John W. Detwiller, Non-Indian, 1851-1898
- Seller
- Alvin H. Rice (A. H. Rice), Non-Indian, 1870-1931
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted, perforated
- Place
- Near Pereira; Río Cauca valley; Pereira; Pereira Municipality; Risaralda Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Quimbaya (archaeological culture)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_107701
- Usage
- CC0
