Figurine of a Coatimundi (Cuchuchu)

Provenance

Apacha Vargas (Denise Curipacha Vargas, 1938–?), Nuevo Mundo, Ecuador, 1976; sold to the Sacha Runa Research Foundation, Urbana, IL, 1976 [according to correspondence from Norman Whitten, President, Sacha Runa Research Foundation, in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.

Figurine of a Coatimundi (Cuchuchu)

Canelos Quichua

1976

Accession Number

256297

Medium

Ceramic, pigment, and shinquillu lacquer, possibly from the Brazilian Elemi (Protium heptophyllum)

Dimensions

15.9 × 16.5 × 14 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

Classification

N/A

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Arnold H. Crane Endowment Fund