Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from one of several Yámana individuals (Walter, William, Charley, Wits, or Sarmiento) in 1924 or 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
- Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- William (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Charley (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Wits (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Sarmiento (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Mapi grass (Juncus magellanicus)
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Indigenous Term
- tawĕˊla
