Ornament
name: label: Culture/People
content: Shuar/Achuar
label: Collector
content: Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (S. A. Davis), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (S. A. Davis), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
label: Seller
content: Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (S. A. Davis), Non-Indian, 1857-1924
label: Expedition
content: Second Ecuador Expedition (1907)
label: Expedition leader
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
label: Expedition sponsor
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Dr. Samuel Austin Davis (1857-1924, a surgeon who worked for the Guayaquil and Quito Railway Company in the early 1900s); purchased from Dr. Austin during the Second Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) and funded by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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: Oriente Region; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Shuar/Achuar
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/2650
label: Barcode
content: 012650.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Ornament
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool yarn, bone beads, birdskin/birdskins
label: Techniques
content: Woven, strung