Rainbow mask

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Date created: 1924-1925

Culture/People: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
Artist/Maker: Charley (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan) or Walter (unknown surname), 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
Possible owner: Charley (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan); Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)

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); Masks and Masking
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southern Cone/Patagonia

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 14/2258
Barcode: 142258.000

Object Type: Masks and Masking
Native Term: tolon

Object Name: Rainbow mask
Media/Materials: Bark, paint, whale gut/intestine, camelid wool
Techniques: Folded, stitched, painted
Dimensions: 24 x 18 x 74 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bd8f71c8-8c24-4f01-a3f0-dd69f429fde2

Record ID: NMAI_152918