Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in the early 1900s by J. Louis Schaefer (1867-1927, a New York City banker with financial interests in Latin America) during travel to South America; inherited by his wife, Susan Karsch Schaefer (1872-1955); donated to MAI in 1956 by their children: J. Louis Schaefer, Jr. (1898-1981), Kathryn Schafer Gerdau (Mrs. Carl Gerdau, 1900-1964), Susan Grace Schaefer Sandblom (Mrs. John Philip Sandblom, 1907-1994); and Bernhard K. Schaefer (1897-1985).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Aymara
- Collector
- J. Louis Schaefer (John Louis Schaefer), Non-Indian, 1867-1927
- Previous owner
- J. Louis Schaefer (John Louis Schaefer), Non-Indian, 1867-1927
- Susan Karsch Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1872-1955
- Donor
- J. Louis Schaefer, Jr. (John Louis Schaefer, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1898-1981
- Kathryn S. Gerdau (Kathryn Schaefer Gerdau/Mrs. Carl Gerdau), Non-Indian, 1900-1964
- Susan Grace Sandblom (Susan Grace Schaefer Sandblom/Mrs. John Philip Sandblom), Non-Indian, 1907-1994
- Bernhard K. Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1897-1985
- Object Name
- Ritual offering/Milagro
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Cast, incised
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
