Spear point

Date created
circa 1920
Culture/People
Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
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 in 1924 or 1925 during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
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Place
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Argentina, Chile (inferred)
Archipelago
Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
Island Name
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
See related items
Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
14/2329
Barcode
142329.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Spear point
Media/Materials
Animal Bone, wood
Techniques
Barbed
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e07ac4d2-2ac4-4f1f-8067-640d8058649d
Record ID
NMAI_151925