Canoe
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Sasha Siemel (1890-1970, an adventurer, hunter, and author) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Sasha Siemel in 1951.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- circa 1940
- Catalog Number
- 21/8178
- Barcode
- 218178.000
- Culture/People
- Guató (Guato)
- Collector
- Sasha Siemel (Sasha A. Siemel/Aleksandrs Ziemelis), Non-Indian, 1890-1970
- Previous owner
- Sasha Siemel (Sasha A. Siemel/Aleksandrs Ziemelis), Non-Indian, 1890-1970
- Seller
- Sasha Siemel (Sasha A. Siemel/Aleksandrs Ziemelis), Non-Indian, 1890-1970
- Object Type
- Watercraft and accessories
- Object Name
- Canoe
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- 300 kilometers upstream from Corumbá; Rio Paraguai (Paraguay); Central-South Mesoregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Guató (Guato)
- Watercraft and accessories
- Record ID
- NMAI_232862
- Usage
- CC0
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