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Mahekodo-teri Mission, Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, 1950-
Previous owner
David McMeans, Non-Indian
Sarah McMeans, Non-Indian
Donor
David McMeans, Non-Indian
Sarah McMeans, Non-Indian
Collection History
Collected by members of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco at their mission at Mahekodo-teri/Majicodoteri on the Orinoco after 1950; given to David and Sarah McMeans by the Salesian Sisters in 1963 or 1964; donated to NMAI by Mr. And Mrs. McMeans in 2011.
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Place
Boco Mavaca (village near the Silesian Mission at Mahekodo-teri/Majicodoteri); Río Orinoco; Amazonas State, Guayana Region; Venezuela