Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1901 and 1902 by Finnish-Swedish archaeologist and anthropologist Erland Nordenskiöld (1877-1932) during fieldwork sponsored by the Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum (Gothenburg Museum of Ethnography, Göteborg, Sweden); acquired by MAI in 1922 through an exchange with the Göteborgs Museum.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Chorote (Choroti)
- Collector
- Erland Nordenskiöld (Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld/Le Baron Erland de Nordenskiold), Non-Indian, 1877-1932
- Previous owner
- Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum (Gothenburg Museum of Ethnography/Göteborg Museum)
- Object Name
- Wax
- Media/Materials
- Wax
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Object Type
- Materials: Prepared
