FMNH 5846.nosub[1]

  • The Cuna Indians
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Yarn head band. Hall 8, Case 3. The Cuna Indians, Farmers and Fisherman. Installed November 1956. Display or exhibit case.
  • Farmers and Fisherman
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Gourd Rattle with deer bone handle. The Cuna Indians. Farmers and Fishermen. Left half of exhibit screen. Hall 8 Case 3. Installed November 1956
  • Farmers and Fisherman
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Gourd Rattle with deer bone handle and fiber. The Cuna Indians. Farmers and Fishermen. Hall 8 Case 3. Installed November 1956
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    Scanner: Amanda Murphy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 17-20 | Country Republic of Panama | Locality | People San Blas, Cunan stock | Name Wooden figure of divinity, possibly the end of a cane. A stick, the entire interior eaten by ants, surmounted by a carved head. Face colored red, otherwise unpainted | Collection William Fitz-William Presented by Major G.L. Fitz-William, 1919. | Notes | Width 2.5 | Length 3 | Height 28cm | [ILLUSTRATION] [LEFT MARGIN] A | 5846 | ENT | Acc. 1306
Catalog Number: 5846.nosub[1]
Description: figure
Materials: wood
Cultural Attribution: Kuna (Cuna)
Accession Number: [1306] G. L. Fitz-William (Gift)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: G. L. Fitz-William, G. L. Fitz-William
EMu IRN: 1288969
GUID: 83285d56-4de3-4010-88e5-d7429480b50e

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