Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from one of several Yámana individuals (Walter, William, or Manuel) in 1925 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
- Possible owner
- Manuel (unknown surname), Qawasqar (Alacaluf)
- Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Charley (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Object Name
- Staff
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- w'matámia
