Staff head/finial (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800–1200
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tacalshapa (Cañari) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Jesus Alvarado Hidalgo, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1885
label: Previous owner
content: David Alvarado, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Jesus Alvarado Hidalgo, Non-Indian, b. ca. 1885
label: Seller
content: David Alvarado, Non-Indian
label: Auction venue
content: Anderson Galleries, Inc. (Anderson Auction Company), 1887-1934
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Alvarado family of Quito, Ecuador, and inherited by Jesús Alvarado and David Alvarado; purchased by MAI in 1917 at an auction of the Alvarado collection held at the Anderson Galleries (New York City).
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: 3 meters deep; Sigsig; Sigsig Canton; Azuay Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Tacalshapa (Cañari) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6/1586
label: Barcode
content: 061586.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Staff head/finial (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Copper, wood
label: Techniques
content: Perforated