Seed jar
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Shuar/Achuar (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Edward Whymper, Non-Indian, 1840-1911
label: Previous seller
content: J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms, 1834-ca. 1940
label: Previous owner
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
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 Edward Whymper (1840-1911, a British explorer and mountaineer); purchased in 1912 by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") from the J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms (London, England); purchased by MAI from William Ockleford Oldman in 1919 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Río Napo; Napo Province, Orellana Province, Sucumbios Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Shuar/Achuar
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8/8852
label: Barcode
content: 088852.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seed jar
label: Media/Materials
content: Gourd
label: Techniques
content: Incised