Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated between 1887 and 1889 by Dr. John W. Detwiller (1851-1898, a physician and amateur ornithologist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who travelled in Colombia); purchased by MAI from Alvin H. Rice (1870-1931, an antique dealer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) in 1920 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Calima (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. John W. Detwiller, Non-Indian, 1851-1898
- Previous owner
- Dr. John W. Detwiller, Non-Indian, 1851-1898
- Seller
- Alvin H. Rice (A. H. Rice), Non-Indian, 1870-1931
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Date created
- AD 200–1600 (Sonso period)
- Object Name
- Human figure
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, copper, paint
- Techniques
- Modeled, incised, perforated, painted
- Dimensions
- 11 x 5 x 18 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
