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Object Number
19-48-30/F251
Display Title
Model of Siusi (Arawak) communal house, Rio Aiari, Brazil
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Model, two wood houses, one completed, one in construction, two figures
Department
Replicas and Dioramas
Date
1918-1919
Artist
Samuel J. Guernsey
(1918-1919)
Artist
Elizabeth Gleason
(1918-1919)
Culture
- Siusi
- Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Amazonas
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Aiary, Northwestern Brazil
Materials
Wood, Plaster, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 43.1801 × 152.4003 × 76.2002 cm (17 × 60 × 30 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Seller
Samuel J. Guernsey
(1919)
Seller
Elizabeth Gleason
(1919)
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