Figure Item Number: H1.297 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carved rubber (natural latex) figure of a man wearing a headdress paddling a canoe-like boat with a shelter in the centre--boat has a sharply upturned stern and bow. Next to the boat is a large jar-like container with a circular lid flanked by two branches. Entire figure is painted red, green, yellow, brown, and gold, and is mounted on a d-shaped rubber base with a carved black fringe.
History Of Use
Tourist item
Item History
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- H1.297
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- rubber and paint ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- hand moulded and painted
- Overall
- height 8.7 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 14.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Amazonia ?
- Previous Owner
- Anonymous
- Received from
- Anonymous (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ecuador
When
- Collection Date
- during 1951
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2288/0001