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 drawing on white paper using red felt tip pen. Different lines and patterns are drawn, some overlapping, such as; wiggly, spiked lines, crosshatching, triangles or chevrons, parallelograms and rhombus shapes. Written in pencil along the top: 'Face' and at the edge of the left corner: 'human ribs human ribs'. On the reverse are spaced words written in red: possibly 'carn' and 'camino'. Beneath these in the bottom left corner are words in orange: 'nuestras costillas nuestras huesos' and 'hombre joven viudo'.
Event Date 26/7/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins