Necklace (unfinished)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1925 from Mary (Yámana) or Manuel's wife (Yámana) during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 14/2339
- Barcode
- 142339.000
- Culture/People
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Expedition
- MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition (1924-1925) (Lothrop Tierra del Fuego Expedition)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Possible owner
- Mary (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Wife of Manuel (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Indigenous Term
- apúrrshka
- Object Name
- Necklace (unfinished)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells, sinew
- Techniques
- Strung
- Place
- Puerto Mejillones or Puerto Piedra; Isla Navarino (Navarin Island); Antártica Chilena Province; Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Chile (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
- Island Name
- Isla Navarino (Navarin Island)
- See related items
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_151939
