Description (Physical description)
Description for 1986.87 [A-Q] reads: 'A number of drawings (17) on paper produced by the Nahuas for Alonso Zarzar (collector) when in the field. A number of drawings have an explanation (i.e. references to themes/objects etc. depicted) written on either in Spanish or English (sometimes at back).'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card reads: 'Nahua Group Indians settled in Sepahwa, S.E. Peruvian Amazonia in the Ucayali province in 1985.'
Event Date 1985
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, 22/02/1988.
Event Date 22/2/1988
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
A painting on white paper using blue and red paint. Three triangles joined at their base in the upper right corner. A line of blue dots followed by a band of blue chevrons bounded by two lines. Beneath this is the same pattern in red, then again in blue. After these is a line of red dots followed by two rows of blue chevrons. In the lower section are intersecting lines, zig zags (some overlapping) and circles. In the bottom left hand corner are the words written in blue ink: possibly ‘cerarca joven’. On the reverse in the bottom right corner are the words written in pencil: 'Young Chief'.
Event Date 26/7/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins