Ear ornament
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1915
name: label: Culture/People
content: Shuar/Achuar
label: Possible collector
content: Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (Timoleon Flores), Non-Indian, ca. 1896-1936
label: Previous owner
content: Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (Timoleon Flores), Non-Indian, ca. 1896-1936
label: Seller
content: Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (Timoleon Flores), Non-Indian, ca. 1896-1936
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of and possibly collected by Timoleón Flores Chiriboga (ca. 1896-1936, an Ecuadorian farmer and nephew of the Ecuadorian ambassador to the US); purchased by MAI from Timoleón Flores Chiriboga in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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place: label: Place
content: Oriente Region; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Shuar/Achuar
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8/4234
label: Barcode
content: 084234.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
label: Indigenous Term
content: akitiai
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ear ornament
label: Media/Materials
content: Beetle wings, feather/feathers, cordage, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Strung
label: Dimensions
content: 31 x 9.5 cm