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Yarn

Object Details

Collection History
Collected between 1908 and 1909 by Samuel A. Barrett (1879-1965, later Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Research Associate at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Chachilla (Cayapas)
Collector
Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965
Expedition sponsor
Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915
Object Name
Yarn
Media/Materials
Wool yarn
Techniques
Spun
Object Type
Materials: Prepared
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