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Object Number
972-32-00/1.15
Display Title
Medicine man and wife
Descriptions
Object Description
Printed on Board: "Relaxing in the backyard. / Ustupu"
Department
Photographic
Date
1971
Artist
Elizabeth Katz
Artist
Norbert Sperlich
Culture
- Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Panama
/
San Blas Islands
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 × 11.7475 cm (3 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Elizabeth Katz
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 972-32-00/1.22 | Two women transporting gourds on the river |
San Blas Islands
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.1 | Medicine man and wife |
San Blas Islands
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.2 | Wife of the medicine man and grandchild |
Aligandi
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| 972-32-00/1.5 | Women and girls at the river filling water gourds and washing clothes |
San Blas Islands
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.40 | Mola showing sick man in hammock and medicine man seated at the head |
Rio Sidra
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.30 | Second chief (sahila) of Carti Tupile and wife |
Carti Tupile
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.42 | Wooden dolls (uchus) used by medicine men for curing |
Aligandi
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| 972-32-00/1.21 | Man drilling holes in gourd to make a strainer |
Aligandi
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.9 | Man in hat basket weaving |
Aligandi
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.19 | Various reed flutes |
Rio Tigre
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.23 | Leaves with designs made by fungus |
Aligandi
| ||
| 972-32-00/1.13 | Dancers and musicians |
Aligandi
|