Figure of a healer or priest
date: label: Date created
content: 500 BC–AD 600
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Guangala (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Celso Velasquez (Celso Velasques), Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Celso Velasquez (Celso Velasques), Non-Indian
label: Expedition member
content: George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
label: Expedition
content: Second Ecuador Expedition (1907)
label: Expedition leader
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
label: Expedition sponsor
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Celso Velasquez (a Cerro Jaboncillo property owner); purchased from him in 1907 by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) during the Second Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and funded by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: probably Mound 3; Cerro Jaboncillo; Montecristi Canton; Manabí Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Guangala (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/6272
label: Barcode
content: 016272.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure of a healer or priest
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 11.5 x 14 x 27 cm