Artifact Record Details
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Basic Information |
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| Artifact Identification | Festival Jar: House Effigy (1997.15.0057) | |
| Classification | Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifact : Vase, Ceremonial | |
| Visual Description | None | |
| Artist/Maker | None | |
| Geographic Location | America, South, Ecuador, Pastaza, Quillu Allpa | |
| Period/Date | , Late 20th century | |
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Physical Analysis |
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| Dimension 1 (Width) | 14.2 cm | |
| Dimension 2 (Height) | 11.3 cm | |
| Dimension 3 (Length) | 8.9 cm | |
| Weight | 326 g | |
| Measuring Remarks | None | |
| Materials | Ceramic, Pigment--Multi | |
| Manufacturing Processes | Handbuilding, Firing, Painting, Rubbing | |
| Munsell Color Information | waived | |
Research Remarks |
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| Published Description | N/A | |
| Scholarly Notes | 3/31/2008: "Effigy of a Roman Catholic chapel. It is a drinking bowl, used. At the end of some festivals, during a dramatic ritual called the dominario, the chapel is symbolically destroyed to represent the destruction of the universe. Inez Padilla, Quillu Allpa, 1986-87. " - Norman and Dorothea Whitten, Donors, Scholarly Review, 1/28/2008 One of seven festival objects from Quillu Allpa, upriver from Curaray. - N. Whitten, label in object, 1998 | |
| Comparanda | N/A | |
| Bibliography | Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten. Puyo Runa Imagery and Power in Moderan Amazonia. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. page 150 | |
Artifact History |
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| Archaeological Data | N/A | |
| Credit Line/Dedication | Gift of Norman E. and Dorothea S. Whitten | |
| Reproduction | No | |
| Reproduction Information | N/A | |