Basket
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from one of several Yámana individuals (Walter, William, Charley, Wits, or Sarmiento) in 1924 or 1925 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
- 14/2295
- Barcode
- 142295.000
- 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
- Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- William (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Charley (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Wits (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Sarmiento (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Indigenous Term
- tawĕˊla
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Mapi grass (Juncus magellanicus)
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Place
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Argentina, Chile (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
- Island Name
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
- See related items
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_153107
