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Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest O. Schernikow (1860-1933, a businessman involved in mining, diplomat, and collector); donated to MAI by Ernest O. Schernikow in 1921.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1900-1920
- Catalog Number
- 10/6987
- Barcode
- 106987.000
- Culture/People
- probably Quechua (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
- Donor
- Ernest O. Schernikow (Ernst August W. Schernikow), Non-Indian, 1860-1933
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Silver-copper alloy
- Techniques
- Cast, soldered, twisted, wrapped, incised
- Dimensions
- 9.00 x 4.70 x 8.70 cm
- Place
- Ayacucho; Huamanga Province; Ayacucho Region; Peru
- See related items
- Quechua
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_115512
