Stamp/Stamping tool with animal heads
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800–1200
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tacalshapa (Cañari) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
label: Previous owner
content: Nicholas A. Ribadenyra ( Nicolás A. Rivadeneira), Non-Indian
label: Previous seller
content: Nicholas A. Ribadenyra ( Nicolás A. Rivadeneira), Non-Indian
label: Expedition
content: First Ecuador Expedition (1906)
label: Expedition leader
content: Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1898 by local residents during work on a drain; purchased from them soon afterward by Nicholas A. Ribadenyra of Guayaquil, Ecuador; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from Nicholas Ribadenyra in 1906 during the First Ecuador Expedition, led by Marshall Saville and sponsored by George Heye's mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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place: label: Place
content: Tomb; Sigsig; Sigsig Canton; Azuay Province; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Tacalshapa (Cañari) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Art and Printing tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/2072
label: Barcode
content: 012072.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Art and Printing tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Stamp/Stamping tool with animal heads
label: Media/Materials
content: Gold
label: Techniques
content: Cast
label: Dimensions
content: 37.9 cm