Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Emil Joseph Willimetz (1918-2003) and Joanna Creighton Willimetz (1925-2017); possibly acquired when Emil Willimetz worked on film projects in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Willimetz in 1981 on behalf of Joanna Willimetz’s sister, Lois Creighton Abbott (Mrs. Seth Abbott), and brother James Alexander Creighton Jr. (1919-2008).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Emil Willimetz (Emil Joseph Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1918-2003
- Joanna Creighton Willimetz (Joanna Jordan Creighton/Mrs. Emil Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1925-2017
- Donor
- Emil Willimetz (Emil Joseph Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1918-2003
- Joanna Creighton Willimetz (Joanna Jordan Creighton/Mrs. Emil Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1925-2017
- Honoree
- Lois C. Abbott (Lois Creighton/Mrs. Seth Abbott), Non-Indian
- James A. Creighton, Jr. (James Alexander Creighton), Non-Indian, 1919-2008
- Date created
- AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate period)
- Object Name
- Rattle in the form of a woman
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 6.5 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
