Smithsonian Museum

National Museum of the American Indian

Collection History

Collected in 1924 by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.

Culture/People

Ch'uta (Chuta)

Collector

A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954

Date created

circa 1910

Object Type

Guitar

Media/Materials

Armadillo shell, wood, metal, shell/shells, twine/string

Techniques

Inlaid, glued, carved

Dimensions

45 x 13 x 7 cm

Object Type

Music and Sound

Native Term

charango