Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by well-known mask maker Miguel Chuc (Kʼicheʼ Maya); purchased from him in 1925 by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during the MAI's S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Previous owner
- Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Seller
- Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Expedition
- S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition (1925-1926)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Date created
- 1920-1926
- Object Name
- Mask outfit
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, wood, paint
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
