Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased in 1902 by Herbert H. Evans (1880-1962, assistant superintendent of the Mechanical Division for the Panama Canal from 1919 to 1939) from a commercial collector in Punta Arena, Chile; donated to MAI in 1954 by Herbert Evans.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
- Previous owner
- Herbert H. Evans (Herbert Heard Evans), Non-Indian, 1880-1962
- Donor
- Herbert H. Evans (Herbert Heard Evans), Non-Indian, 1880-1962
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Mapi grass (Juncus magellanicus)
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
