Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1924 from Taminiske (Selk'nam) 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
- Selk'nam (Ona)
- 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
- Taminiske (Teminiske/Teniniske/Tameniske), Selk'nam (Ona)
- Date created
- 1915-1925
- Object Name
- Scraper
- Media/Materials
- Wood, iron blade, cotton cloth, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped, tied
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Indigenous Term
- teklek
