Pendant
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Edward C. Benfield (1916-2000, of Rockville Center, New York) between about 1935 and 1938 when he worked for the United Fruit Company in Colombia; donated to MAI by Edward C. Benfield in 1947.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/9737
- Barcode
- 209737.000
- Culture/People
- Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)
- Collector
- Edward C. Benfield, Non-Indian, 1916-2000
- Donor
- Edward C. Benfield, Non-Indian, 1916-2000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Pendant
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Place
- Magdalena Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_223672
