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Calendar stone

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  • Calendar stone

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    probably Quechua (attributed)

    Donor

    Sherwin Landfield (Sherwin Herman Landfield), Non-Indian, 1921-2007
    Jacqueline Landfield (Marie Louise Jacqueline Plas/Mrs. Sherwin Landfield), Non-Indian, 1926-2011

    Collector

    Sherwin Landfield (Sherwin Herman Landfield), Non-Indian, 1921-2007

    Collection History

    Acquired by Sherwin Landfield (1921-2007) in the 1960s when he worked in South America for the United States Agency for International Development; donated to NMAI in 2007 by Sherwin Landfield and Jacqueline Landfield (1926-2011).

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    Date created

    1940-1960

    Catalog Number

    26/6413

    Barcode

    266413.000

    Object Type

    Indigenous Knowledge and Records

    Object Name

    Calendar stone

    Media/Materials

    Stone

    Techniques

    Ground, carved

    Dimensions

    6 x 8 x 2 cm

    Place

    Peru (inferred)

    See related items

    Quechua
    Indigenous Knowledge and Records

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws677e31ea5-87bd-4b59-8d88-b38fe16d9941

    Record ID

    NMAI_387256

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