Context (Field collection)
Bushnell (1946): 'This small collection of objects of pottery and stone was sent to me a few years ago by a Salesian priest who was living in the mission at Macas. All the information I have about them is that they were casual finds and that they come from the village of Macas itself.' [p.2]
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
'M' written in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna

Context (Related Documents)
The name of the Salesian priest mentioned in Bushnell's 1946 article is taken from the catalogue card 1938.721 and has been added to the Source field.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Macas, Province of the Oriente.

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Pieces of figurines
Event Date 1938
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bushnell (1946): 'Parts of figurines... the first lacks the head, one arm, part of the other, and the legs, and it has no red paint... It is crudely made, and probably represents a man wearing a loin cloth, with a hood-like object hanging down the back. The loin cloth has pits in from and incised lines behind' [p.3]
Event Date 1/1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (Jan-Feb 1946). 'An Archaeological Collection from Macas, on the Eastern Slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes'. Man vol. 46. pp.2-6. fig. 1p. p. 3.
Event Date 1/1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
The torso of a man part of one arm remains. Possibly wearing a loin cloth, with a hood-like object hanging down the back. the remains of a pectoral feature is still present. A small hole can be seen at the broken top.
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Incomplete anthropomorphic figurine model of red ware. It depicts a torso with one shoulder and upper arm and one pierced pectoral feature; possibly wearing a loin cloth, with a hood-like object hanging down the back. A small central hole is visible at both ends.
Event Date 25/11/2024
Author: Clare McKenna