Bird figure
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Warao
- Collector
- Claire James Steinberg, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Claire James Steinberg, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Claire James Steinberg, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected by photojournalist Claire James Steinberg during a trip to the Orinoco and Amacuro River delta region between December 1976 and January 1977; donated to NMAI by Claire James Steinberg in 2009.
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- Date created
- 1975-1977
- Catalog Number
- 26/7562
- Barcode
- 267562.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Bird figure
- Media/Materials
- Balsa wood, seed/seeds
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 12.7 x 6.0 cm
- Place
- El Pajal; Libertador Municipality; Monagas State, North-Eastern Region; Venezuela
- See related items
- Warao
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_396775
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a3d95525-5c21-4d10-9e35-13f8248f8bfe
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