Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank Lewis Hough (1885-1936, an RCA Victor executive and noted collector of Asian art) and his wife Ella Janssen Hough (1888-1979); purchased by MAI from Mrs. Ella Hough in 1953.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Enxet (Lengua)
- Previous owner
- Frank Lewis Hough, Non-Indian, 1885-1936
- Ella Janssen Hough (Mrs. Frank Lewis Hough), Non-Indian, 1888-1979
- Seller
- Ella Janssen Hough (Mrs. Frank Lewis Hough), Non-Indian, 1888-1979
- Date created
- circa 1920
- Object Name
- Figure of the Sun God (Mamo Capac or Mano Capac)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 26.7 x 8.3 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
