Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Eastern Tukanoan (Tucanoan) (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Previous owner
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Seller
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Collection History
- Collected by Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (1876-1948, physician and explorer), probably between 1926 and 1928; purchased by MAI from Herbert Spencer Dickey in 1928.
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- Date created
- circa 1920
- Catalog Number
- 16/360
- Barcode
- 160360.000
- Object Type
- Furnishings (Home)
- Indigenous Term
- caapi
- Object Name
- Seat
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 55 x 24 x 20 cm
- Place
- Rio Uaupés (Caiari, Vaupés); São Gabriel da Cachoeira Municipality; North Mesoregion, Rio Negro Micoregion; Amazonas State, North Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Eastern Tukanoan (Tucanoan)
- Furnishings (Home)
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Amazonia
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_171955
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61d29b583-dc6c-4e1d-8f51-5171828230a8
