Medicine Doll
Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker
collected 1970
Wood and paint
Overall: 7 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (20 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.64.25112
Geography
Place Made: Panama, Central America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Artifact: Medicine
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Tupsiut Chiquito Island, Panama; sold to Russell A. Mittermeier (Class of 1971) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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