Basket
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of El Museo de La Plata (La Plata Museum, La Plata, Argentina); acquired by MAI through an exchange with El Museo de La Plata in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 14/4327
- Barcode
- 144327.000
- Culture/People
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Previous owner
- El Museo de La Plata (La Plata Museum)
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Mapi grass (Juncus magellanicus)
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Place
- Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; Tierra del Fuego Province; Argentina
- 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_155214
- Usage
- CC0
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