Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 500 BC–AD 500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Bahía (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Donor
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Donor agent
content: Morton D. May (Buster May), Non-Indian, 1914-1983
label: Donor agent
content: Hecht's Department Store (The Hecht Company)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; included in a sale of Pre-Columbian art organized by the May Company (a department store chain) at the Hecht's department store (part of the May Company stores) in Washington, DC, in 1968; donated to MAI by the May Company in 1970 through May Company executive and art collector Morton D. May (1914-1983).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Los Esteros, Bahía de Manta; Manta Canton; Manabí Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Bahía (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: 24/3400
label: Barcode
content: 243400.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Mold-made, modeled