Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1961 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); given or sold to Malcolm Delacorte (a conservator and collector in New York); donated to MAI by Malcolm Delacorte in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Shipibo
- Collector
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Previous owner
- Malcolm Delacorte (Malcolm Gibson Delacorte), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Malcolm Delacorte (Malcolm Gibson Delacorte), Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Figure
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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