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Guitar

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Quechua

    Donor

    Mildred A. Morton (Millie Morton/Mildred A. Konan), Non-Indian

    Previous owner

    Mildred A. Morton (Millie Morton/Mildred A. Konan), Non-Indian

    Collector

    Mildred A. Morton (Millie Morton/Mildred A. Konan), Non-Indian

    Collection History

    Purchased by sociologist Mildred A. Morton from a government-sponsored craft shop in Lima, Peru, in 1976; donated to NMAI by Mildred A. Morton in 2005.

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    Date created

    1976

    Catalog Number

    26/8654

    Barcode

    268654.000

    Object Type

    Music and Sound

    Object Name

    Guitar

    Media/Materials

    Gourd, wood, metal items, metal wire

    Techniques

    Cut, carved, pyroengraved, glued, wrapped

    Dimensions

    19.0 x 68.0 x 10.0 cm

    Place

    Lima; Lima Province; Peru

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    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63d63a216-71de-404b-bae1-659e3913fc4a

    Record ID

    NMAI_401752

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