Dance wand/baton
name: label: Culture/People
content: K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
label: Previous owner
content: Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
label: Seller
content: Miguel Chuc, K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
label: Expedition
content: Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
label: Expedition leader
content: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by well-known mask maker Miguel Chuc (Kʼicheʼ Maya); purchased from him in 1928 during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Totonicapán; Totonicapán Municipality; Totonicapán Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/824
label: Barcode
content: 160824.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Dance wand/baton
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Painted