Object Details
- Culture/People
- Purepecha (Tarasco)
- Previous owner
- Major J. A. L. Möller (Jacob A.L. Möller/Monty Möller), Non-Indian, 1883-1957
- Donor
- Major J. A. L. Möller (Jacob A.L. Möller/Monty Möller), Non-Indian, 1883-1957
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased from local residents in 1949 or 1950 by Major Jacob A.L. Möller (1883-1957, a collector of Latin American antiquities and a New York City manufacturer and importer) during a stay in Mérida, Mexico; donated to MAI by Major Möller in 1950.
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- Date created
- 1940-1950
- Catalog Number
- 21/5680
- Barcode
- 215680.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Covered bowl
- Media/Materials
- Gourd, paint
- Techniques
- Incised, painted
- Dimensions
- 29 x 35 cm
- Place
- Michoacán State; Mexico
- See related items
- Purepecha (Tarasco)
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Mesoamerica & Circum Caribbean
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_230198
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws607150415-6c38-408e-86e7-15470b529c82
