Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1925 from Walter (Yámana) 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
- Culture/People
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- 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
- Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Object Name
- House cover/covering
- Media/Materials
- Sealskin/fur
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Object Type
- Architecture/Housing
- Indigenous Term
- kaíkis
