Object Details
Culture/People
Wixarika (Huichol)
Collector
Donald B. Cordry (Donald Bush Cordry), Non-Indian, 1907-1978
Collection History
Collected in 1937 by Donald B. Cordry (1907-1978, a collector and amateur ethnologist) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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Date created
circa 1930
Catalog Number
19/5550
Barcode
195550.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Indigenous Term
kanari
Object Name
Guitar
Media/Materials
Wood, metal wire, tree pitch/gum
Techniques
Carved, bent, glued
Dimensions
60 x 19.5 x 9.5 cm
Place
Las Guásimas (Las Huasimas); Nayarit State; Mexico
See related items
Wixarika (Huichol)
Music and Sound
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_208614