Ceremonial structure model/miniature part/fragment

Date created
1925
Culture/People
Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
Artist/Maker
Manuel (unknown surname), Qawasqar (Alacaluf)
Expedition
MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition (1924-1925) (Lothrop Tierra del Fuego Expedition)
Expedition leader
Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
Collection History
Collected from the artist in 1925 during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
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Place
Puerto Mejillones (Magallanes); Antártica Chilena Province; Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Chile (inferred)
Archipelago
Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
Island Name
Isla Navarino (Navarin Island)
See related items
Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
Architecture/Housing
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
14/2256
Barcode
142256.000
Object Type
Architecture/Housing
Native Term
mánaga
Object Name
Ceremonial structure model/miniature part/fragment
Media/Materials
Wood, vegetal fiber, sinew
Techniques
Painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68c80b13a-c48f-496a-9432-df2cf9783a38
Record ID
NMAI_152916