Rope
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from the artist in 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
- 14/2349
- Barcode
- 142349.000
- Culture/People
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Artist/Maker
- Wife of Walter (unknown surname), 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
- Previous owner
- Wife of Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Indigenous Term
- shukamí
- Object Name
- Rope
- Media/Materials
- Grass
- Techniques
- Twisted
- Place
- Isla Gable (Gable Island); Ushuaia Department; Tierra del Fuego Province; Argentina (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
- Island Name
- Isla Gable (Gable Island)
- See related items
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_153123
