Richard Cochran Gill and the Search for Curare
Archival Materials
Artifacts
Note: Most of the Richard Gill Jivaro artifacts were donated by George Dundas in 1968. See letter dated 6/28/68 in folder 543.
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Feathers and reeds
Tag: "Ceremonial crown used by Jivaros Indians. Ecuador. Richard Gill 1949."
Clay pot
Tag: "Container for Pot Curare. Richard Gill Collection 1949."
Cylindrical wooden container (holding quivers) attached to cotton-filled gourd, with strap with piranha teeth.
Tag: "Piranha teeth to cut quivers. Gourd with kapok - for quiver end."
Gourd with wooden stopper
Tag: "Gourd curare. Ecuador. R. Gill. Guedel Museum San Francisco."
Bead and feather necklace, about 72"
Tag: "Ceremonial Neckland Hualaga Valley Peru. John W. Severinghaus 1966."
Bead and feather necklace, about 24"
Tag: "Adornment Jovaro Indians. Equador. Richard Gill Collection 1949."
Neck adornment, about 36"
Tag: "Beetle wing Adornments. Richard Gill Collection."
Woven pouch with strap
Tag: "Cocopouch. Container for Beetle Nuts. Stimulant chewed by Jivaro Indians. Richard Gill Collection 1949."
Wood spear
Tag: "Ecuador ceremonial sword used during fiesta. Jivaro Indians. Richard Gill 1949."
Wood flute
Tag: "Ecuadorian Indian flute. Richard Gill Collection 1949."
Bamboo cylindrical container
Tag: "Richard Gill bamboo holder for tubocurare. 1949."
Bundle of quivers
Straw cord with small bamboo piece
Bead and feather necklace
Tag: "Ceremonial necklace worn by the Jivaro Indians. Rio Corriente, Oriente, Ecuador. Courtesy of Richard Gill 1949."
Gourds of various sizes, "for tubocurare" (collected by Richard Gill).
Headdress
Feathers and reeds
Tag: "Ceremonial crown used by Jivaros Indians. Ecuador. Richard Gill 1949."
Two wooden blowguns, about 8' each (collected by Richard Gill).
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Photographs & Slides
BOX 12
714 Photographs (B&W): Ecuadorian blowgun hunters
715 Photographs (B&W): manufacturing curare in Ecuador
716 Photographs (B&W): Richard C. Gill manufacturing curare
717 Photograph (B&W): A.E. Bennett and A.R. McIntyre (?)
718 Photographs (B&W): Richard C. and Ruth Gill
719 Photographs (B&W): plant source of curare (chondodendron platiphyllum)
720 Photographs (B&W): plant source of curare (chondodendron microphyllum)
721 Photographs (B&W): misc. plant sources of curare
739 Slides: "Taming the Flying Death" documentary advertisement
BOX 14 (OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS)
Set of 7 mounted B&W photographs of Richard C. Gill and associates, 20"x16":
Manuel Ollala, July 17, 1949. Neg. No. 49-62.
Richard C. Gill and Manuel Ollala in garden at 3811 Magnolia Drive, July 17, 1949. Neg. No. 49-56.
George Dundas in Transandino Co. lab - 3811 Magnolia Drive, April 10, 1947. Neg. No. 47-28.
Manuel Ollala at portable balance in lab at 3811 Magnolia Drive, July 16, 1949. Neg. No. 49-51.
Transandino Co. crew. G. Dundas, secretary, R.C. Gill, Ruth Gill at 3811 Magnolia Drive, March 6, 1947. Neg. No. 47-23.
Richard C. Gill at desk - 3811 Magnolia Drive, August 25, 1946. Neg. No. 46-282.
Transandino Co. crew: R.C. Gill, Robert Gates, Harry Sanders, Charles Wilson, Phillip Geller, Manuel Ollala, George Dundas, Jane Wuthman, Ruth Gill, July 27, 1949. Neg. No. 49-107.
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