Jar with monkey-effigy handles (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chiriquí (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Curt Hemmerling (Kurt Hemmerling), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1899
label: Previous owner
content: Curt Hemmerling (Kurt Hemmerling), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1899
label: Seller
content: Curt Hemmerling (Kurt Hemmerling), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1899
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated by Curt Hemmerling, a German national and amateur archaeologist in Panama who kept a lodge for hunters and travelers from the 1940s to 1960s; purchased by MAI from Curt Hemmerling in 1929.
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place: label: Place
content: Baitún; Renacimiento District; Chiriquí Province; Panama
setName: label: See related items
content: Chiriquí (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/3702
label: Barcode
content: 163702.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Jar with monkey-effigy handles (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Coiled/hand built, modeled, appliquéd
label: Dimensions
content: 20 x 18 x 18 cm