Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1953 from the Julius Carlebach Gallery (New York), operated by Julius Carlebach (1909-1964).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Quechua (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Carlebach Gallery
- Seller
- Carlebach Gallery
- Seller agent
- Julius Carlebach (Julius Hirsch Carlebach), Non-Indian, 1909-1964
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Object Name
- Vessel used to hold liquids during rituals
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Dimensions
- 40 x 16 x 9.8 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Indigenous Term
- paqcha
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