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Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer) before 1969; purchased by MAI from Dr. Malkin in 1972 using funds donated by Donald Colin "Ben" Webster (1930-1997, an investment banker and pre-Columbian art collector).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1100–1600 (Tairona period)
- Catalog Number
- 24/6760
- Barcode
- 246760.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Tairona (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Seller
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Presenter/funding source
- Donald C. Webster (Donald Colin Webster/Ben Webster), Non-Indian, 1930-1997
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, modeled
- Place
- Tairona area; Santa Marta Municipality; Magdalena Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Tairona (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_262469
- Usage
- CC0
