Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1936 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)
- Collector
- Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968
- Date created
- 1920-1930
- Object Name
- Crupper for a burro
- Media/Materials
- Horsehair, hide
- Techniques
- Braided, fingerwoven
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
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