Poncho
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1930 during the Thea Heye Chile Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 17/5493
- Barcode
- 175493.000
- Culture/People
- Huilliche
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye Chile Expedition (1929-1930) (Mrs. Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
- Object Name
- Poncho
- Media/Materials
- Wool yarn
- Techniques
- Woven
- Dimensions
- 147 x 129 cm
- Place
- Islands, Seno Reloncaví (Reloncaví Sound); Llanquihue Province (historic Llanquihue Department); Los Lagos Region X; Chile
- See related items
- Huilliche
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
- Record ID
- NMAI_187883
- Usage
- CC0
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