MS 4490 Pictographic map of San Blas coast prepared by Chief Igwa Nigdibippi for John P. Harrington
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: BAE Neg 4304

 OPPS Neg 44,252

 NAA MS 4490
label: Local Note
content: Information about the conservation treatment of the map can be found at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/features/artwork_conservation.htm.
name: label: Creator
content: Nigdibippi, Chief Igwa
place: label: Place
content: San Blas Islands (Panama)
topic: label: Topic
content: Works of art
creator: label: Creator
content: Nigdibippi, Chief Igwa
culture: label: Culture
content: Guna (Kuna)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Chief Igwa Nigdibippi (possibly also known as Chief Golman), from Agligandi Island, visited Washington, D.C. in 1924 with members of the Marsh-Darien expedition. It is uncertain whether he painted the map during this visit.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Map (hand-drawn, 145 x 238 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4490
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Maps
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A glass negative (BAE GN 4304) was made of the right half of the map and published in Frances Densmore's "Study of Tule Music," SMC 77:11 Plate 4, 1926. See catalog record for BAE GN 4304 for digital image of the glass negative. Reference prints of the map can be found in the NAA's file prints collection.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Pictographic map of the Caribbean coastline of Panama with Kuna place-names and various drawings of persons and events. 7 drawings on 12" by 9" manila paper sewn onto map. The name "EQUAEGEPIPI" is lettered in two places on the map. The map is rolled-up and in brittle condition.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: See NAA INV 04280902 for photo of Chief Igwa Nigdibippi working on map.