Staff head/finial (Image withheld, pending review)
name: label: Previous owner
content: Jesus Alvarado Hidalgo, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1885
label: Previous owner
content: David Alvarado, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Jesus Alvarado Hidalgo, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1885
label: Seller
content: David Alvarado, Non-Indian
label: Auction venue
content: Anderson Galleries, Inc. (Anderson Auction Company), 1887-1934
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Alvarado family of Quito, Ecuador, and inherited by Jesús Alvarado and David Alvarado; purchased by MAI in 1917 at an auction of the Alvarado collection held at the Anderson Galleries (New York City).
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place: label: Place
content: 4 meters deep; Chordeleg; Chordeleg Canton; Azuay Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/1599
label: Barcode
content: 061599.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Staff head/finial (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, perforated