Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Daniel C. Stapleton (1858-1920, general manager of the Playa de Oro Mining Company based in Ecuador) and possibly collected by him; purchased by George Heye from Daniel C. Stapleton in 1907.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Chachilla (Cayapas)
- Possible collector
- Daniel C. Stapleton (Daniel Casey Stapleton/D.C. Stapleton), Non-Indian, 1858-1920
- Previous owner
- Daniel C. Stapleton (Daniel Casey Stapleton/D.C. Stapleton), Non-Indian, 1858-1920
- Seller
- Daniel C. Stapleton (Daniel Casey Stapleton/D.C. Stapleton), Non-Indian, 1858-1920
- Object Name
- Violin
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
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