Vessel with cover and carrying basket for curare poison
date: label: Date created
content: 1971
name: label: Culture/People
content: Canelos Kichua
label: Collector
content: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian
label: Collector
content: Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten/Dorothea Margaret Scott/Dorothea S. Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
label: Donor
content: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1971 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2019.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Upper Río Curaray; Pastaza Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Canelos Kichua
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 27/443
label: Barcode
content: 270443.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Vessel with cover and carrying basket for curare poison
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, tree pitch/gum, vegetal fiber
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, burnished, coated, wicker-plaited, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 18.5 x 16.5 cm