Object Details
Culture/People
probably Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Auction venue
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (Sotheby Parke Bernet/Parke-Bernet Auction House)
Presenter/funding source
Donald C. Webster (Donald Colin Webster/Ben Webster), Non-Indian, 1930-1997
Previous owner
Arts of the Four Quarters
Possible owner
Alan C. Lapiner (Alan Charles Lapiner), Non-Indian, 1933-1975
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Arts of the Four Quarters, a New York City gallery owned by art collector and dealer Alan Lapiner (1933-1975); purchased by MAI at an auction of the inventory of Arts of the Four Quarters held by the Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York City) in 1972 using funds donated by Donald Colin "Ben" Webster (1930-1997. an investment banker and pre-Columbian art collector).
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Date created
600 BC–AD 400
Catalog Number
24/6659
Barcode
246659.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Object Name
Drum
Media/Materials
Pottery, paint
Techniques
Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted, perforated
Place
La Tolita; Eloy Alfaro Canton; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador
Island Name
Isla de la Tola
See related items
Tumaco–La Tolita (archaeological culture)
Music and Sound
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_262369
