Provenance
Alegría Canelos, Puyo, Ecuador, 1986; sold to the Sacha Runa Research Foundation, Urbana, IL, 1986 [according to correspondence from Norman Whitten, President, Sacha Runa Research Foundation, in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.
Drinking Bowl (Mucawa) in the Shape of Half of a Calabash, with Anaconda and Turtle Motifs
Canelos Quichua1986
Accession Number
256288
Medium
Ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the Brazilian Elemi (Protium heptophyllum)
Dimensions
1316 × 18.4 cm (3 × 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
N/A
Credit Line
Arnold H. Crane Endowment Fund
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