Coca container
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1928 during the Thea Heye-Dickey Colombia Expedition, led by physician and explorer Herbert Spencer Dickey (1876-1948) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/3889
- Barcode
- 163889.000
- Culture/People
- Amorua/Rio Tomo Guahibo (Pihibi Cuiapo)
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye - Herbert S. Dickey Colombia Expedition (1928)
- Expedition leader
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Coca container
- Media/Materials
- Gourd, bark cloth
- Techniques
- Incised
- Place
- Plains near junction of Río Tomo and Río Orinoco; Vichada Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Amorua/Rio Tomo Guahibo (Pihibi Cuiapo)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Record ID
- NMAI_175305
