Object Details
- Culture/People
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Collector
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Collection History
- Collected in 1923 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Date created
- circa 1910
- Catalog Number
- 11/9724
- Barcode
- 119724.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Indigenous Term
- 'uweni
- Object Name
- Shaman's chair
- Media/Materials
- Wood, palm frond/fronds, cordage, tree pitch/gum
- Techniques
- Carved, plaited, tied, glued
- Dimensions
- 59 x 45 x 92 cm
- Place
- Santa Catarina; Jalisco State; Mexico
- See related items
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_129014
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws654b72017-8f1a-485b-bd17-051adcafccd2
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