Baby belt/sling

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Culture/People: Kogi (Kagaba)
Expedition sponsor: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum); Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
Previous owner: Mason Labata, Kogi (Kagaba)
Collector: Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968

Collection History: Collected from the parents of Mason Labata (a Kogi child) in 1931 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and MAI.
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Place: Palomino; Dibulla Municipality; La Guajira Department; Colombia

See related items: Kogi (Kagaba); Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 18/1408
Barcode: 181408.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Baby belt/sling
Media/Materials: Cotton yarn
Techniques: Woven

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62c696f9b-9b7f-46b9-923b-a60d42601846

Record ID: NMAI_194105