Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1926 or 1927 by explorer and amateur ethnologist Francis Gow-Smith (1894-1939) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nambikuára (Nambicuara)
- Collector
- Francis Gow-Smith (Francis William Gow-Smith), Non-Indian, 1894-1939
- Object Name
- Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline
- Media/Materials
- Reed, cordage
- Techniques
- Hexagonal-plaited
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
