Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. George W. Corner (1889-1981, a professor of embryology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and possibly collected by him during travel in South America; donated to MAI by Dr. Corner in 1933.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mapuche
- Possible collector
- Dr. George W. Corner (George Washington Corner), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
- Previous owner
- Dr. George W. Corner (George Washington Corner), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
- Donor
- Dr. George W. Corner (George Washington Corner), Non-Indian, 1889-1981
- Date created
- 1890-1920
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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