Object Details
- Culture/People
- K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Previous owner
- Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Seller
- Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by well-known mask maker Miguel Chuc (Kʼicheʼ Maya); purchased from him in 1928 during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Catalog Number
- 16/823
- Barcode
- 160823.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Dance wand/baton
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Painted
- Place
- Totonicapán; Totonicapán Municipality; Totonicapán Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala (inferred)
- See related items
- K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
- Personal items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_172631
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d5402c02-6760-4594-8a0a-460d9f12ca45
