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Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Edward/Eduard Gaffron (1861-1931, a German physician and ophthalmologist who worked in Peru from the 1880s until about 1912 and amassed a huge collection of Peruvian antiquities); purchased by George Heye in 1928 at an auction of Dr. Gaffron's collection held by Andre Portier (1886-1963) and Leon Flagel (b. 1880) at the Hôtel Drouot, in Paris, France.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1450–1540 (Late Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 16/3786
- Barcode
- 163786.000
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Dr. Edward Gaffron (Carl Eduard Gaffron/Dr. Goffron), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
- Seller
- Dr. Edward Gaffron (Carl Eduard Gaffron/Dr. Goffron), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
- Seller agent
- Leon Flagel (Leon Marie Jules Flagel), Non-Indian, b. 1880
- Andre Portier, Non-Indian, 1886-1963
- Auction venue
- Hotel Drouot
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Carved, ground, polished
- Place
- Highlands; Peru
- See related items
- Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Record ID
- NMAI_175202
- Usage
- CC0
