Sinew
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1924 from Taminiske (Selk'nam) 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
- Date created
- circa 1920
- Catalog Number
- 14/2413
- Barcode
- 142413.000
- Culture/People
- Selk'nam (Ona)
- 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
- Taminiske (Teminiske/Teniniske/Tameniske), Selk'nam (Ona)
- Object Type
- Materials: Raw
- Indigenous Term
- yuh
- Object Name
- Sinew
- Media/Materials
- Sinew
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Place
- Selk'nam Camp at Lago Fagnano; Ushuaia Department; Tierra del Fuego Province; Argentina (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
- Island Name
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
- See related items
- Selk'nam (Ona)
- Materials: Raw
- Record ID
- NMAI_153198
